UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The international group Doctor Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have been “reduced to places where people go to die alone” as authorities race to contain the disease.
In Liberia, a missionary organization announced that another American doctor has become infected.
Doctors Without Borders President Joanne Liu said her organization is completely overwhelmed by Ebola outbreak in four West African countries. She said treatment centers can offer little more than palliative care and called on other countries to contribute civilian and military medical personnel familiar with biological disasters.
World Health Organization Director Margaret Chan warned that the outbreak would “get worse before it will get better” and would require a larger global response. She thanked countries that have helped but said: “We need more from you. And we also need those countries that have not come on board.”
The latest missionary to come down with the disease, a male obstetrician, was not immediately identified by the group Serving In Mission. He did not work in an Ebola ward. The group did not specify how he contracted Ebola, but it can be spread through vaginal fluids.