\u201cThe AU should have taken this opportunity because if it performed only coordinating functions then we probably don\u2019t need it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”WryaNChh3eSeUYBYlWNVDRwGeqREyCnP”]The World Health Organization has also predicted that the disease if not contained could kill about 20,000 people more before the end of 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n Speaking in an interview with Citi News<\/strong> after delivering a speech at the University of Ghana Alumni lecture, Professor Mensah-Bonsu argued there is no indication that either the AU or ECOWAS is working at their maximum effort to bring the disease under control.<\/p>\n She indicated that \u201cthe nature of the epidemic is such that it\u2019s bound to grow and peak before it can be reduced even with interventions but because we took so long to even issue statements, we gave the disease momentum to spread and grow before trying to backtrack and act and that is a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n She however called on the two bodies to\u00a0double their efforts in handling the disease.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n![\"ebola\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ebola.jpg\")
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