{"id":47996,"date":"2014-09-16T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47996"},"modified":"2014-09-16T06:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:44:00","slug":"obama-to-pledge-troops-for-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=47996","title":{"rendered":"Obama ‘to pledge troops for Ebola’"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Barack Obama is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus, US officials say.<\/p>\n

It is understood the US military will oversee building new treatment centres and help train medical staff.<\/p>\n

There has been criticism of the slow international response to the epidemic.<\/p>\n

On Monday Ghana President John Dramani Mahama said more and faster outside help was needed to slow the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/div>\n
The US says that a priority should be to train healthcare workers<\/div>\n
\"Gloves<\/div>\n
More than half the deaths from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak have been in Liberia<\/div>\n

Mr Mahama also called for the easing of restrictions on West African countries which he said had undermined the fight against the disease.<\/p>\n

United Nations officials will discuss the international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa at a meeting in Geneva.<\/p>\n

US officials said the aim of the anti-Ebola initiative is to:<\/p>\n

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  • Train up to 500 healthcare workers a week<\/li>\n
  • Construct 17 heathcare facilities, each with about 100 beds<\/li>\n
  • Establish a joint command based in Monrovia, Liberia, to co-ordinate between US and international relief efforts<\/li>\n
  • Distribute home healthcare kits to thousands of households<\/li>\n
  • Conduct a home and community-based campaign to train local people in how to handle patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are the worst-hit countries in an outbreak that has killed more than 2,400 people.<\/p>\n

    More than half of those killed by the virus have been in Liberia.<\/p>\n

    The World Health Organization (WHO) warned recently that thousands more cases could occur in Liberia.<\/p>\n

    Ebola spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments.<\/p>\n

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    Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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