India Signs Agreement With UN On Fighting Ebola

At a UN General assembly debate on response to Ebola in October, India offered its support for developing vaccines and medicines for the disease.

Given India's role in producing affordable medicines to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa, Mukerji told the UNGA, "The international community must support research and development of a vaccine to cure Ebola, which must be made available especially to the poorest of the poor at realistic prices, and India is committed to cooperation to this end."

The three affected countries have also received help directly from India for their efforts to contain the disease, including bilateral assistance worth $50,000 in medicines and ambulances to each of them.

On Monday at a ceremony to hand over 15 buses from India, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf praised the Indian government and people for their support to Liberia during the deadly Ebola crisis, the Monrovia Inquirer reported.

In addition, these countries have received private help from Indian sources. The Association of the Indian Community in Liberia (AICL) has given items worth more than $200,000 to the nation's anti-Ebola effort, according to the Liberian Observer.

The Indo-Gulf Hospital in Noida, a suburban town adjoining Delhi, has contributed medicines and other supplies worth 3 million to Guinea for its campaign against Ebola.