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Ebola outbreak: 11 African nations agree to plan to tackle deadly epidemic
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Mon, 2014-07-07 15:53 — Elhadj Drame
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN updated 10:37 AM EDT, Fri July 4, 2014
(CNN) -- With their countries facing an Ebola epidemic of "unprecedented" proportions, the health ministers of 11 African nations have agreed to a joint strategy to try to stem its deadly advance.
As part of the plan, the World Health Organization will set up a "sub-regional control center" in Guinea -- one of the three West African nations at the heart of the outbreak -- to help coordinate the response.
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