[RED DEMOCRATICA] WHO: Ebola outbreak has become a global health emergency

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban, Security Council urge world community to assist Iraq Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   August 8, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story WHO: Ebola outbreak has become a global health emergency The World Health Organization today declared the Ebola outbreak to be a global public health emergency. "A coordinated international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola," said Margaret Chan, director-general of WHO. "Countries affected to date simply don't have the capacity to manage an outbreak on this scale on their own," she added. 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