World Health Organization and West African leaders praise China's immediate response to the Ebola outbreak call for help in West Africa after the Asian giant sent experts and supplies to gravely affected countries on the continent.

WHO officials, including Medical Officer Louisa Ganda of the Disease Prevention and Control Office in Sierra Leone, convened with the Chinese doctors sent to Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

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WHO's Jacob Mufunda applauded the country's instantaneous aid to the outbreak, citing the 'timely and efficient' response of China to the shortage of medical equipment and specialists to help tame the epidemic.

Meanwhile, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf expressed her gratitude towards China's support after she toured hospitals in the country to monitor the distribution of anti-Ebola supplies from the Asian country.

The supplies from China include personal medical instruments, sanitizer, protection equipment, disinfectants, medicines, and non-contact infrared thermometers which are necessary to fight the dreaded Ebola virus.

On Monday, China sent three teams of experts to three of the most affected countries in West Africa including Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

Each of the team carries medical supplies worth 30 million yuan or US$ 4.9 million. The 80-ton heavy supplies were transported to the West African countries via a Boeing 747 from Shanghai.

Each team is composed of two disinfection and protection specialists and one epidemiologist to help contain the virus which has taken more than 1,000 lives since the start of the spread in February this year.

The Ebola virus can have a fatality rate as high as 90% and is generally spread via infected tissues or bodily fluid.

Though there is still no cure or vaccine for Ebola, people are not losing hope that the outbreak can be controlled because of the united outpour of help from the international community despite differences of race, belief, and religion.

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