ALJAZEERA: World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim made an impassioned plea Tuesday for thousands more medics to volunteer in the fight against Ebola in West Africa, calling the epidemic a global crisis that required a global response. The call to action comes as U.S. health officials warn that state policies to quarantine travellers from the region will hamper relief efforts.
Kim warned against knee-jerk panic in response to the highly contagious virus, which has killed nearly 5,000 people in the outbreak…
“We’ll need a steady state of at least 5,000 health workers from outside the region. Those health workers cannot work continuously. There needs to be a rotation,” Kim said. “So we will need many thousands of health workers over the next months to a year to bring this epidemic under control.” … (more)
