Ebola crisis: WHO upbeat on targets

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West Africa's Ebola crisis is likely to last until the end of 2015, says the head of the World Health Organization body dealing with the epidemic.

The UN's health agency says the scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", as the death toll reaches 1,069.

Attached please find an updated Fact Sheet: Global Response to the Ebola Crisis, dated 22 September and containing the latest figures provided by the World Health Organization for your use.
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