This report by the Toronto Star speaks on the difficulties currently being faced by those trying to help the countries affected by the Ebola outbreak:
The current Ebola outbreak is the worst ever recorded in history. The director of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, has called on the international community to provide more medical assistance to help the stricken regions.
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The international group Médecins Sans Frontières warned Tuesday that the world is “losing the battle” against Ebola, while UN officials implored all countries to quickly step up their response by contributing health experts and other help.
MSF President Joanne Liu said her organization is completely overwhelmed as it treats Ebola patients in four West African countries. She called on countries with biological disaster response capacity to contribute civilian and military medical personnel.
“Six months into the worse Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it,” Liu said at a United Nations forum on the outbreak. “Ebola treatment centres are reduced to places where people go to die alone, where little more than palliative care is offered.”
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