Ghana to serve as UN base for supplies bound for Ebola countries

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Ghana to serve as UN base for supplies bound for Ebola countries

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ghana-serve-un-supplies-bound-ebola-countries-074330701.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tWf7s8hP_8PQvcrzgeuRQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-08-30T074330Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA7T02I_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA-LOGISTICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>The United Nations will use Ghana as a base for supplies bound for countries stricken by an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,550 people in West Africa, the Ghanaian presidency said in a statement on Friday. UN chief Ban Ki-moon had a telephone conversation on Friday evening with Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, who agreed to let international agencies use Ghana's capital Accra as a base for air lifting supplies and personnel to affected countries, the statement said. The statement said the UN and local authorities would work closely to put in place appropriate screening and prevention measures to avoid any adverse effects on Ghana as a result of the international operations.</p><br clear="all"/>

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