Critically, because their funding mechanisms require them to devote almost all their resources to frontline assistance services, funds to develop backroom infrastructure and processes are limited.
Three things are urgently needed: frontline assistance in tackling the disease; community mobilisation to inform the public, and counter damaging rumour and misunderstanding; and support to deal with the indirect victims of the outbreak, those in need of medical care not immediately related to Ebola, such as malaria and diarrhoea.
He said the government was providing $45m for frontline legal assistance services through the women's safety package and the third action plan of the national plan to reduce violence against women and their children.
"We're seeing companies like Walmart, Lowe's and Chipotle being very generous about their college tuition assistance for frontline workers and in some cases are even helping employees branch out into a new career as a tradesperson (like Lowe's) or a restaurant manager or owner (such as Chipotle)," Carlson says.
The organization, he said, will place a greater emphasis on helping agencies that provide emergency shelters, food, affordable child care, utility assistance and other frontline services.
Greater assistance for the frontline states hosting refugee populations is critical.
More than half of frontline fast food workers rely on government assistance, costing the nation $7 billion, according to an October report.
French ENF member Louis Aliot said: "Yes, we need to provide assistance to those countries on the frontline, our Italian and Hungarian friends.
South Africa's wavering financial and military assistance suddenly became available again, but the Frontline States then abruptly changed tact and turned the Kissinger terms down, saying that any interim period before majority rule was unacceptable.
Simple messages for children UNICEF, with financial assistance from the Japanese Government, has been on the frontlines of the battle against the spread of bird flu in Thailand since early 2006, providing over $2 million to partners for communication and education activities.
On Thursday morning, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released its 2020 "frontline" program, designating which incumbent members of the House will get special guidance and fundraising assistance.
