Ebola epidemic unprecedented and unmanageable: MSF

MSF has criticised the international community's response to the Ebola outbreak gripping west Africa.

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Women stop to clean their hands with a sanitiser before entering hospital in Liberia.

An international medical charity has criticised the international community's response to the Ebola outbreak gripping west Africa.

The deadly virus has killed more than 1,500 people since the start of the year with the worst hit countries including the west African states of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Paul McPhun is the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières in Australia.

He's told Santilla Chingaipe, financial support is not enough to combat the outbreak.

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