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 The WHO said it was working with the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP)
to ensure food delivery to 1 million people living in Ebola
quarantine zones in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
"Food has been delivered to hospitalized patients and people under
quarantine who are not able to leave their homes to purchase food.
Providing regular food supplies is a potent means of limiting
unnecessary movement," the WHO said in a statement.
The WFP is stepping up emergency food deliveries to the quarantined
areas, which include severely-affected cities such as Gueckedou in
Guinea, Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone and Foya in Liberia.
While Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and No. 1 oil producer,
appears to be containing its smaller outbreak, Liberia and Sierra
Leone are struggling to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus
among their populations.
On Friday, these small two West African nations and a medical
charity chided the WHO for its slow response, saying more action was
needed to save victims threatened by the disease and hunger.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay, editing by John Stonestreet and
Pascal Fletcher)
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