Obama to send 3,000 military forces in Africa

US President Barack Obama will Tuesday seek to "turn the tide" in the Ebola epidemic by ordering 3,000 US military personnel to West Africa and by launching a major health care training and hygiene program.

Obama will travel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to meet US health chiefs and make the announcement. It is meant to spur a global effort to fight an outbreak that has already killed 2,400 people, the White House said.