Thomas Frieden considers Ebola to be the biggest threat since the advent of HIV / AIDS

Dr. Thomas Frieden, Head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center, spoke Thursday at a conference at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington, DC, which discussed the Ebola epidemic, which has become the epicenter of three West African countries and which has already been discovered in several countries.

Dr. Frieden said that the fight against the disease promises to be long because the virus is constantly mutating. He said the only virus comparable to Ebola is HIV, and the global community needs to make great efforts to prevent the emergence of another AIDS.

At the same meeting, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to "increase 20 times" in helping to combat the epidemic.

He said that funds are needed to purchase mobile laboratories, vehicles, helicopters, protective equipment and equipment, to attract qualified medical staff and to create technical capabilities for evacuating patients.

World Bank President Jim Young Kim said that "the future of Africa is at risk."

He noted that the countries most affected by Ebola urgently need qualified medical staff. According to the World Health Organization, this year more than 230 health workers have already become victims of Ebola in West Africa.

According to WHO, almost 3 people have already become victims of the current Ebola epidemic - almost 900 percent of those who became infected with this virus, writes Voice of America.