In West Africa, the official death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has risen to 729 with more than 1,300 people afflicted. The World Health Organization has announced a $100 million plan to combat the virus. Sierra Leone has seen the most cases -– about 500 so far. The Health Ministry spokesperson there said the country is facing a shortage in medical staff.

Sidi Yahya Tunis: “Already we had a very, very inadequate health workforce, and we don’t have enough specialists in country, as far as medical doctors and even specialist nurses are concerned. And so, with this outbreak, that requires so much specialty, it’s simply more challenging for us, and it has been very, very difficult on our health workers because they’ve lost a lot of their colleagues in the process and their morale is down. But, you know, it is their job.”