Nigeria, through the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and with approval from President Jonathan, will send nearly 600 volunteers to support Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. The medical aides will join 1,000 health workers from across the African continent -- filling a critical shortage of medical workers who are willing to treat Ebola patients.
Nigeria's first set of 250 volunteers, who will meet the global health standards set forth by the World Health Organization (WHO), are set to be deployed in the coming weeks. The volunteer health workers will then be dispersed throughout the countries facing the worst of the epidemic, specifically Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea.
Minister Khaliru Alhassan announced the Government's decision at a press conference inAbuja last Thursday. The deployment positions Nigeria as one of the largest contributors of human talent in the fight against the disease.
Nigeria was declared Ebola-free by the WHO on October 20, 2014 but the virus continues to ravage communities in West Africa. To date, the Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 5,000 people in Africa and has rapidly spread across international borders.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
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