British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Tuesday that Britain will host an international conference on the Ebola epidemic on October 2nd to raise international awareness of the disease.
"We will be hosting an international conference in London on 2 October to raise even greater awareness of the disease and what is needed to contain it , encourage ambitious pledges and show our solidarity with the Government and People of Sierra Leone and the region," the foreign secretary said.
Chairing a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee via a video conference from New York, where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly, Hammond called for a "global coalition" to tackle the disease.
"It's now vital that the international community translates its concern into action. This outbreak has wide-ranging humanitarian and security consequences for the region, and the world," he said.
"Defeating this disease will need a global coalition, as well as innovative approaches to reducing the spread of the virus in communities. That is why combating Ebola through UK and international efforts is one the Government's top priorities," he added.