The three West African nations devastated by the deadly Ebola virus, unveiled an $8 billion recovery plan on Friday and asked for international help to rebuild their economies and healthcare systems.
Reuters noted that officials from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone said that they need about half of the $8 billion in the next two years for any chance of an economic recovery.
"Ebola is like a war on our countries, and that is why we call on you to come up with new funds to face the consequences of this disease," Guinea President Alpha Conde said during a recovery summit at the World Bank in Washington D.C.
VOA News reported that the World Bank did offer more than $650 million to help the countries.
The three nations had some of the highest economic growth in all of Africa before the Ebola epidemic hit. Together the countries are said to have lost around $2.2 billion after the outbreak.
There have been more than 10,700 deaths in West Africa since the outbreak began early last year. By comparison there have been 15 deaths in other parts of the world and eight of those fatalities occurred in neighboring Nigeria.
The number of Ebola cases are not yet down to zero, but the numbers have drastically increased in recent months.