African Ebola outbreak like "wartime", will take 6 months to control: MSF

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – It will take about six months to bring under control the Ebola epidemic, the head of Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday, saying the outbreak in West Africa felt like “wartime, is moving, advancing.” Joanne Liu, international president of MSF (Doctors Without Borders), speaking after a 10-day trip to West Africa, said more experts were needed on the ground and was critical of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for declaring Ebola a “public health emergency of international concern” only on Aug 8. “We need people with a hands-on operational mindset,” to combat the outbreak, Liu told a news briefing in Geneva.