World Bank is now investing $100m to deal with Ebola
The World Bank is to invest $100m (£63m) in an attempt to increase the number of foreign health workers heading for west Africa to care for people with Ebola.
Treatment centres in the three countries at the heart of the epidemic – Liberia,Sierra Leone and Guinea – are being built but the biggest need is for doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers to staff them.
The United Nations says around 5,000 international personnel are needed, including up to 1,000 foreign health workers.
This brings the World Bank’s total Ebola contribution to $500m.
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