US President Barack Obama delivers a speech during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on September 16, in Atlanta, Georgia. President Obama was set to outline an assistance strategy on Tuesday, including the deployment of 3,000 US military personnel and plans to train up to 500 health care providers per week in Liberia. [Photo: CFP]
U.S. President Barack Obama will send 3,000 troops to West Africa to build treatment clinics and train health workers to try and halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
Our Washington correspondent Xiaohong reports.
In response to the increasing threat Ebola poses to the region as well as the world, President Obama has announced additional help.
"Today I'm announcing a major increase in our response. At the request of the Liberian government, we're gonna establish a military command center in Liberia to support civilian efforts across the region."
Some three thousand troops will be deployed there to coordinate international efforts and provide medical assistance the region desperately needs.
U.S. troops will build 17 treatment centers across the region and train as many as 500 health care workers a week.
President Obama has also urged the international community to increase efforts, providing more helpers, supplies and money.
"This is a global threat and it demands a truly global response. International organizations just have to move faster than they have up till this moment."
The U.S. will host a special U.N. meeting on Thursday to address the issue.
Xiaohong, CRI, Washington DC.
