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Ebola outbreak: 11 African nations agree to plan to tackle deadly epidemic
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Mon, 2014-07-07 15:53 — Elhadj Drame
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN updated 10:37 AM EDT, 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.
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Ebola scare: WHO to create sub-regional control centre in Guinea
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to establish a Sub-Regional Control Center in Guinea to handle issues relating to the Ebola epidemic in parts of the region.
Earlier reports by the organization warned that drastic measures were needed to avert the spread of the virus, which it said could kill up to 90 per cent of the infected persons...
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African ministers agree on Ebola plan; cases swell to 779
With more illnesses and deaths reported today in West Africa's Ebola outbreak, health ministers from 11 African nations and their global health partners wrapped up a 2-day emergency meeting in Accra, Ghana, adopting a basic strategy to battle the disease and agreeing on a list of challenges they need to tackle...
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