Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone conference
皇冠体育app conference rallied support to get countries and international donors to pledge beds, medical staff and money to help end Ebola in Sierra Leone.

Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone Conference

Actor Idris Elba, British nurse and Ebola survivor Will Pooley with International Development Secretary Justine Greening at the 'Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone' conference. Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID
皇冠体育app Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone conference in London has rallied global support to contain, control and defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone.
皇冠体育app conference - jointly held by the UK and Sierra Leone - called on governments and donors to join their international action plan to tackle the virus in the west African country.
Conference updates
Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone - Summary of conference pledges
- News: More health workers, funding and supplies pledged
- Joint NGO statement on an effective international response
Video: End Ebola - see what the UK is doing to defeat the disease
At the request of the government of Sierra Leone and under the auspices of the UN, the UK is co-ordinating the international mission in Sierra Leone to control, contain and ultimately defeat Ebola. 皇冠体育app government of Sierra Leone is asking friends in the international community to work with the UK in assisting millions of Sierra Leoneans in their hour of need.
皇冠体育app Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an unprecedented human tragedy. 皇冠体育app UN has declared it a public health crisis requiring an urgent international response. Thousands of medical and support staff are needed and the UN has called for $1 billion in response.
皇冠体育app conference highlighted the scale of the Ebola crisis, building on the outcomes and momentum from the UN General Assembly and looking ahead to an EU donor conference for the wider West Africa region, provisionally planned for the end of October.
皇冠体育app international community must urgently step up its response. That means committing the necessary financial resources as well as critical capabilities 鈥� from medical expertise to transport to vital supplies.
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