. >> for more now i'm joined by christian lindner meyer in geneva. good to have you on the program.l me, what can the international community do right now? >> a couple of things. of course, one of the important measures right now is for the world to realize, for the international community to realize that funding and support for the country is needed heavily. the director said today in his statement that we need -- unless the international community steps up now and responds now, we will be paying for this outbreak in the future with a much higher price. so there is now a financial plan for strategic response that is being prepared. we don't havee the exact number yet but it will run in the hundreds of millions. the funding and the monetary support, as well as political support. we need support from both to move ahead. >> the world remembers the last major ebola outbrbreak from 2014 and we know that the who was criticized than due to budgetary cuts at the time. promises were made back then to be better prepared the next time. do you feel you are better prepared this time? >> i think