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In the wake of the Ebola crisis, President Obama called for a "united front" against the virus.
Well, it looks like that "united front" isn't going to be much of a match for Doctors Without Borders.
The aid group says it has been barred from sending teams to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak, the BBC reports.
Doctors Without Borders, based in Medecins Sans Frontieres, says it has been barred from sending teams to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, three of the four countries hardest-hit by the Ebola outbreak.
The group says it has also been barred from sending teams to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, three of the four countries that have been hardest-hit by the Ebola outbreak.
Doctors Without Borders says it plans to send a team to Liberia next week, but it's not clear if it will be allowed to send a team to Guinea, the Guardian reports.
The Ebola outbreak has put a spotlight on the growing field of "health diplomacy," in which countries try to work together to fight global health issues, the Guardian reports.
The field has become crowded, with major funders, new global health organizations, and political clubs like the G7 and G20 competing for seats at the table,
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