Since the start of the outbreak, the United States has sent more than 3,000 DOD, CDC, USAID, and other U.S. health officials to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea to assist with response efforts, as part of a 10,000-person U.S.-backed civilian response. With their help, the U.S. government has:    Constructed 15 Ebola treatment units in the region    Provided more than 400 metric tons of personal protective equipment and other medical and relief supplies    Operated more than 190 burial teams in the region    Conducted aggressive contact tracing to identify chains of transmission    Trained health care workers and conducted community outreach    Worked with international partners to identify travelers who may have Ebola before they leave the regionThe United States has already committed more than $921 million toward fighting Ebola in West Africa and convened a special U.N. Security Council on the epidemichttps://www.whitehouse.gov/ebola-responsehttp://www.usaid.gov/ebola