Disasters Emergency Committee takes urgent action after warning of humanitarian emergency unfolding in west Africa
The Disasters Emergency Committee is to launch an unprecedented appeal for help from the public to tackle the Ebola crisis in west Africa, warning that a medical emergency is turning into a humanitarian catastrophe.
The DEC which appeals in times of crisis on behalf of 13 leading aid charities including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children has never before in its 50-year history asked for help in a single disease epidemic.
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