Ebola is crippling the economies of three countries

The international response to Ebola is still too slow and piecemeal, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, as officials said the disease is crippling the economies of the three West African countries hardest hit
Ebola has infected nearly 17,000 people, of which about 6,000 have died, according to the World Health Organization. The vast majority of infections are in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, poor countries that have been left to handle the crisis without sufficient help, said the medical aid group.
"Foreign governments have focused primarily on financing or building Ebola case-management structures, leaving staffing them up to national authorities, local health care staff and NGOs (non-government organizations), which do not have the expertise required to do so," said the group, which is a primary provider of treatment in the outbreak, in a statement Tuesday.