Press Release:
The Ebola crisis has evolved into a complex emergency, with significant political, social, economic, humanitarian and security dimensions. The suffering and spillover effects in the region and beyond demand the attention of the entire world. Ebola matters to us all.
The outbreak is the largest the world has ever seen. The number of cases is doubling every three weeks. There will soon be more cases in Liberia alone than in the four-decade history of the disease. In the three most affected countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the disease is destroying health systems. More people are now dying in Liberia from treatable ailments and common medical conditions than from Ebola.