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| Ebola challenge 'biggest since HIV/Aids' - US | |
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| The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids, top US medical official Thomas Frieden has said. | The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unlike anything since the emergence of HIV/Aids, top US medical official Thomas Frieden has said. |
| A fast global response could ensure that it did not become "the next Aids," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. | A fast global response could ensure that it did not become "the next Aids," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. |
| The presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea appealed for more aid to help fight the disease. | The presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea appealed for more aid to help fight the disease. |
| The outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in West Africa. | The outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in West Africa. |
| More than 200 health workers are among the victims. | More than 200 health workers are among the victims. |
| Elsewhere: | Elsewhere: |
| How not to catch Ebola | How not to catch Ebola |
| Why Ebola is so dangerous | Why Ebola is so dangerous |
| How Ebola attacks | How Ebola attacks |
| Ebola: Mapping the outbreak | Ebola: Mapping the outbreak |
| 'Our people dying' | 'Our people dying' |
| At the meeting in Washington, Dr Frieden described Ebola as one of the biggest crises he had seen in his career. | At the meeting in Washington, Dr Frieden described Ebola as one of the biggest crises he had seen in his career. |
| "I would say that in the 30 years I've been working in public health, the only thing like this has been Aids," he said. | "I would say that in the 30 years I've been working in public health, the only thing like this has been Aids," he said. |
| The presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - the three countries worst affected by Ebola - appealed for more aid. | The presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - the three countries worst affected by Ebola - appealed for more aid. |
| "Our people are dying," Sierra Leone's leader Ernest Bai Koroma said, adding that the world was not responding fast enough as children were being orphaned. | "Our people are dying," Sierra Leone's leader Ernest Bai Koroma said, adding that the world was not responding fast enough as children were being orphaned. |
| On Thursday, a Liberian doctor died of the disease at a treatment centre in Monrovia, health officials said. | On Thursday, a Liberian doctor died of the disease at a treatment centre in Monrovia, health officials said. |
| Ugandan-born John Taban Dada had been working at the country's largest hospital, the John F Kennedy Memorial Center, his former colleagues said. | Ugandan-born John Taban Dada had been working at the country's largest hospital, the John F Kennedy Memorial Center, his former colleagues said. |
| His death brings to four the number of doctors who have died in Liberia since the outbreak. | His death brings to four the number of doctors who have died in Liberia since the outbreak. |
| Meanwhile, Ms Romero is now being helped with her breathing in hospital in Spain, according to her brother. Two doctors who treated her have also been admitted for observation. | Meanwhile, Ms Romero is now being helped with her breathing in hospital in Spain, according to her brother. Two doctors who treated her have also been admitted for observation. |
| Nigerian success? | Nigerian success? |
| The EU has announced plans for a system to evacuate international staff from Ebola-infected countries if they show signs of the disease. | The EU has announced plans for a system to evacuate international staff from Ebola-infected countries if they show signs of the disease. |
| The evacuation system will allow patients to be flown within 48 hours to European hospitals "that are equipped to deal with the disease," a statement from the European commission said. | The evacuation system will allow patients to be flown within 48 hours to European hospitals "that are equipped to deal with the disease," a statement from the European commission said. |
| The move is expected to make it easier to deploy European medical workers to combat the crisis in West Africa. | The move is expected to make it easier to deploy European medical workers to combat the crisis in West Africa. |
| Nigeria's government says 200 healthcare workers have volunteered to be sent to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as part of a global response team on Ebola. | Nigeria's government says 200 healthcare workers have volunteered to be sent to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as part of a global response team on Ebola. |
| Nigeria, which has had seven confirmed deaths from the virus, seems to have successfully contained the spread of the haemorrhagic fever, the BBC's Chris Ewokor in Abuja says. | Nigeria, which has had seven confirmed deaths from the virus, seems to have successfully contained the spread of the haemorrhagic fever, the BBC's Chris Ewokor in Abuja says. |