Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic

The World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

A U.N.-sponsored independent report by experts denounced May 11 the World Health Organization?s (WHO) slow response to the Ebola crisis.

?It is still unclear to the panel why early warnings approximately from May through to July 2014 did not result in an effective and adequate response,? an interim report by the experts said.

The Turkish government donated $1 million April 13 in support of anti-Ebola measures undertaken by the African Union (AU) Commission in the afflicted countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

The US military plans to pull out most troops from West Africa that were deployed to help stem the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the Pentagon said on Feb. 10, ending a five-month mission.
      

Time magazine on Dec. 10 named as its "Person of the Year 2014" the medics treating the Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 6,300 people, paying tribute to their courage and mercy.