He was speaking as health ministers from the region prepare to meet in Ghana to discuss the crisis that’s killed nearly 1 500 people and is hamstringing economies.

Director of the Centre for Disease Control Tom Frieden says an unprecedented response is needed to bring the Ebola outbreak under control.

The World Health Organisation estimates more than 2600 have been infected in the largest ever Ebola epidemic.

Hardest hit has been Liberia with 624 deaths this year.

Frieden’s met Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss ways to fight the disease.

He says the world’s never seen an outbreak of Ebola like this. There are many more cases than has been diagnosed and reported.

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