Australia urged to step up Ebola efforts

Australian health workers on the frontline of efforts to tackle Ebola are calling on Tony Abbott to rally world leaders to step up their response to the outbreak.

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Australian health workers on the frontline of efforts to tackle Ebola are calling on Tony Abbott to rally world leaders to step up their response to the outbreak.

The federal government announced last week it would contribute $20-million towards a treatment centre in Sierra Leone, one of the nations hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak across West Africa.

Australia had been criticised for not doing enough to assist in efforts to stamp out the disease.

Dr Matt Caffery is working for Save the Children in Liberia, where the spread of Ebola seems to be slowing.

But Dr Caffrey has told Brianna Roberts, while Liberia's President has announced an end to the country's state of emergency over Ebola, now is not the time for complacency.


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