The meeting was part of a broader mobilization against Ebola. (United States Mission Geneva, Wikimedia Commons)

The disease has killed over 2,100 people in the West African countries of Libera, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and most recently Nigeria over the past six months. Official reports say that $600 million will be needed to combat the outbreak, which is the worst that the international community has seen since 1976. 

Dr. Marie-Paul Kieny, an assistant director general at the W.H.O., said that the vaccines still needed to undergo some preliminary safety checks but could be ready to distribute to the public as early as November. Health workers who are at highest risk of exposure will be offered the vaccine first. 

The WHO also said that blood products from recovering Ebola patients offered strong hope for combatting the disease and called for greater investment into securing other treatments for the virus. 

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