All humanitarian crises become more costly and complex to manage the longer they are left unchecked. The Ebola epidemic raging across the fragile west African states of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is proving to be a terrible example. The threat to public welfare and social stability posed by the virus has risen exponentially following a grossly inadequate response after the first cases were discovered earlier this year. The global community must muster a far more substantial effort if a catastrophe is to be averted.
對於所有的人道主義危機，我們對其置之不理的時間越久，控制危機就會變得越昂貴、越複雜。事實證明，肆虐脆弱的西非國家幾內亞、賴比瑞亞和獅子山的埃博拉(Ebola)疫情就是一個可怕的例子。在今年早些時候發現首批病例後，應對嚴重不足使埃博拉病毒對公共福利和社會穩定造成的威脅成指數級成長。要避免災難的發生，國際社會必須付出更大的努力。
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