Six months to get ebola crisis under control, says expert

It will take about six months to bring the ebola epidemic under control, the head of Médecins Sans Frontières said, adding that the outbreak in West Africa felt like "wartime is moving, advancing".

Joanne Liu, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), speaking after a 10-day trip to West Africa, said more experts were needed on the ground and was critical of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for declaring ebola a “public health emergency of international concern” only on August 8.

“We need people with a hands-on operational mindset,” to combat the outbreak, Liu said.