UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a trust fund he launched to fight Ebola has only $100,000 in the bank.
Ban appealed urgently for contributions to the fund which is seeking $1 billion to tackle the disease.
Ban told reporters Thursday that the U.N. fund has received about $20 million and the rest was spent to combat the escalating Ebola crisis.
“Ebola is a huge and urgent global problem that demands a huge and urgent global response,” he said.
“I appeal to the international community to provide the $1 billion launch that will enable us to get ahead of the curve and meet our target of reducing the rate of transmission by Dec. 1,” he said.
Ban said more doctors, nurses, equipment and treatment centers are also needed.