Ebola outbreak: 11 African nations agree to plan to tackle deadly epidemic
By Laura Smith-Spark
CNN.com
Fri July 4, 2014
(CNN) — With their countries facing an Ebola epidemic of “unprecedented” proportions, the health ministers of 11 African nations have agreed to a joint strategy to try to stem its deadly advance.
As part of the plan, the World Health Organization will set up a “sub-regional control center” in Guinea — one of the three West African nations at the heart of the outbreak — to help coordinate the response.
The strategy was announced late Thursday at the end of a two-day summit in Ghana that brought together ministers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda with health experts, Ebola survivors and WHO representatives.
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