Obama to Call for Global Action on Ebola Epidemic

President Barack Obama has called on the international community to help combat the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.

During a speech at the United Nations, the president said "an outbreak of Ebola overwhelms public health systems in West Africa and threatens to move rapidly across borders."

The outbreak is believed to have sickened more than 6,200 people in the region and nearly 3,000 deaths have been reported.

Obama promised that the U.S. would lead the effort to stop the spread of the deadly virus, committing millions of dollars and 3,000 troops to build Ebola treatment centers overseas.
    
He is now looking for other countries to commit resources as well.

"No one has committed to putting the people in those treatment centers to provide care," ABC's chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser said. "Some of these countries are going to have to say, you're building the treatment units, we are going to put people in there to take care of patients."

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of infected people could explode to 1.4 million by mid-January, but fast, aggressive action could keep those numbers far lower.