Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, said at a conference in Ethiopia that at least 5,000 medical workers need to volunteer to go to Africa and fight the Ebola outbreak.
"With the fear factor going out of control in so many places, I hope health care professionals will understand that when they took their oath to become a health care worker, it was precisely for moments like this," Kim said. "Right now, I'm very much worried about where we will find those health care workers."
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