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Ebola affected African countries join forces to control the spread

WHO chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, confirmed a rise to nine-hundred suspected cases, one hundred of which have been confirmed

Meeting in Uganda's capital, Kampala, humanitarian organisations and health ministers from the three affected countries have agreed to increase border monitoring, improve protection for front line workers, and expand lab capacity.

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(Photo: Congolese health workers receive a patient at the Rwampara General Hospital as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak; Credit:
Reuters)

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