U.S. response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis

President Barack Obama is ramping up the U.S. response to WestAfrica’s deadly Ebola outbreak, warning that the virus is spiralling out of control and poses a threat to hundreds of thousands of people

U.S. INITIATIVES TO FIGHT EBOLA

Active: New Ebolacases in last 21 days*

No longer activeNo cases in 21 days*

Troops: 3,000U.S. personnel toprovide aid. Manyassigned to stagingbase in Senegal,others deployed tolocations in Liberia

Treatment centres U.S. engineers to helpbuild 17 new facilitiesin region, with 100beds each. Provisionof 25-bed hospitalwith 65 U.S. staff inMonrovia to treat infectedforeign aid workers

Healthcare providers Creation of educational facility to train up to 500 local staff per week, to safely treat Ebola patients

Home treatment Plans to send 400,000 kits, including informationand disinfectant, to familiesin worst-hit areas of Liberia

100km
62 miles

SENEGAL

GUINEA- BISSAU

GUINEA

LIBERIA

MALI

COTE D’IVOIRE

Conakry

Freetown

SIERRA LEONE

Monrovia Headquarters for coordination of U.S. operations

ATLANTIC OCEAN

*As of Sep 13 (Sep 9 for Liberia)
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EBOLA VIRUS CASES AND DEATHS**

As of September 13

Deaths: 2,461 Cases: 4,985

Guinea 595 936

Sierra Leone 562 1,620

Liberia 1,296 2,407

Nigeria 8 deaths, 21 cases

Senegal 1 case (no deaths or further cases)

** Confirmed, probable and suspected cases

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NIGERIA

SENEGAL

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Cases of Ebola confined to Lagos and oil hub of Port Harcourt
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Sources: WHO, wire agencies