Representatives of countries from around the Americas, including the U.S., have agreed to work together in their response to Ebola, adopting similar procedures in such things as the establishment of epidemiological monitoring centers and coordinating the transport of biological samples.

About 200 epidemiology experts and health officials from 24 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, met in Havana on Oct. 29 and 30 to discuss their response to the epidemic.