West African health ministers gather in the Ghanaian capital to discuss how to deal with an outbreak of Ebola.<br/> <br />It's a highly contagious, deadly disease that can kill up to 90 percent of those it infects.<br/> <br />It is transmitted through contact with the blood or other fluids of infected people or animals.<br/> <br />Liberia's health minister Bernice Dahn said fear and a lack of understanding of the disease was making it hard to contain.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) LIBERIAN HEALTH MINISTER, BERNICE DAHN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Our biggest challenge is denial, fear and panic. Our people are very much afraid of the disease."<br/> <br />In eastern Sierra Leone, health workers at a local hospital in Kenema suit up in protective gear to treat patients.<br/> <br />This is the front line in the fight against the virus.<br/> <br />But two entire wards now lie empty after non-Ebola patients fled, fearful they would catch the disease.<br/> <br />Some of those who suspect they have the illness have fled as well, increasing t
