Ebola Could Become Definitive Humanitarian Disaster: OXFAM

The deadly Ebola disease could become the "definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation", the charity organization Oxfam says. Oxfam said on Saturday that more troops, financial support and medical staff should be given to the West African countries which are at the center of the epidemic. "We cannot allow Ebola to immobilize us in fear, but ... countries that have failed to commit troops, doctors and enough funding are in danger of costing lives," Oxfam’s Chief executive Mark Goldring said. The deadly disease has so far killed at least 4,555 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma announced that the country’s Defense Minister Alfred Paolo Conteh was given responsibility to battle the spread of Ebola. The death toll from the disease has risen to 1,200 in the country.