Cooperation ... that's the only way, United States officials say, the Ebola epidemic will be overcome.
Although mostly limited to West Africa, the outbreak has sparked public health fears around the world - including in Australia over the weekend.
Now, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is visiting the three African nations worst hit, and is calling for more international support to fight the disease on the ground.
Speaking in Guinea, Samantha Power made it clear Ebola could be defeated - as it has in the past - but only if there's a more concerted effort.
"Together we can beat this epidemic. We have beaten every Ebola epidemic in history and we will do so if we dramatically increase our involvement and our engagement."
It's a message the US has been sending for weeks now - a complaint that too many countries are sitting back while the US takes the lead.
The Vice President of the Australian Medical Association, Doctor Stephen Parnis, says Australia should heed the calls and send people to West Africa.
"If we want to keep this disease out of Australia, the best way is to control it at the source. And there are a lot of factors that influence Australian thinking about it but we have the expertise, we have the resources to deploy there and the Australian government needs to act on the requests that its international partners have been giving that we send support. $18 million thus far is a drop in the bucket and the AMA has been calling for weeks now on the Australian government to do its fair share as part of the international effort."
Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton says the government is considering all options.
He's pointed to Australia's readiness to deploy medical personnel to nearby countries.
"We have a team of 20 in Darwin that we could dispatch to Port Moresby, for argument's sake, if there was a presentation or an outbreak there. We're asked to assist by the PNG government so the regional response is something we've been working up as well if that happens. We are in a position to send those forces very quickly, that includes doctors and nurses but also field hospitals. We have an infrastructure of which we can be very proud."
While broadly critical of the response so far, the AMA's Stephen Parnis says there are some positive signs.
"It's all about the Australian system learning from the experience overseas and up until now I think we have been a bit slow in getting the right protocols in place. But we're pleased that the Chief Medical Officers around the country have been listening and government, I think, is now responding with the right equipment, the right urgency and the right protocols to get Australia ready."
Queensland's chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, says an 18 year-old woman who arrived from Guinea 12 days ago has tested negative for Ebola.
The young woman was admitted to hospital after developing a fever on Saturday night.
The teenager, members of her immediate family, and others were confined to their homes after recently arriving from west Africa.
Dr Young says the woman will have a second Ebola test on Wednesday.
"She's had a first test performed which was negative for the Ebola virus. She'll now remain in isolation in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital to have a second test done on Wednesday. She remains well at this stage, she is afebrile, and her family who continue in home quarantine are also all well."
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