http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30302726
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (?3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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The medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has again strongly criticised the international response.
It described it as patchy and slow, with the job of tackling the crisis largely left to doctors, nurses and charity organisations.
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Top UN Ebola bosses gave an upbeat press conference in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday that contrasted sharply with the new MSF report. The UN had met some of its targets, the bosses said - the situation was very bad, but moving in the right direction.
However, privately, UN officials say the country that currently has the worst Ebola hotspots, Sierra Leone, is not coping at all.
These UN officials added - still "off the record" - that the big aid agencies, the government of Sierra Leone and the British army were not "joining the dots" and co-ordinating well. It was of course ironic for UN officials to say that, because the UN is supposed to be doing the co-ordination.
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More at link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30302726
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (?3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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The medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has again strongly criticised the international response.
It described it as patchy and slow, with the job of tackling the crisis largely left to doctors, nurses and charity organisations.
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Top UN Ebola bosses gave an upbeat press conference in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday that contrasted sharply with the new MSF report. The UN had met some of its targets, the bosses said - the situation was very bad, but moving in the right direction.
However, privately, UN officials say the country that currently has the worst Ebola hotspots, Sierra Leone, is not coping at all.
These UN officials added - still "off the record" - that the big aid agencies, the government of Sierra Leone and the British army were not "joining the dots" and co-ordinating well. It was of course ironic for UN officials to say that, because the UN is supposed to be doing the co-ordination.
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More at link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30302726