Conakry, Guinea and Director Margaret Chan

Director Margaret Chan: WHO Director Margaret Chan will meet the presidents of the affected countries in Conakry, Guinea on Friday, the organization said in a statement, according to Deutsche Welle. Emergency plan The UN agency announced the plan on Thursday in response to the "unprecedented" Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed 729 people and infected 1,323 since February. "The scale of the Ebola outbreak, and the persistent threat it poses, requires WHO and Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to take the response to a new level and this will require increased resources, in-country medical expertise, regional preparedness and coordination," said Chan. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.