David Cameron has called for EU leaders to double their funding in the fight against Ebola to £800 million.
It comes after one of the doctors who discovered the virus, Professor Peter Piot, said the rest of Europe was not doing enough to tackle the epidemic.
Downing Street said the current total contribution from the EU was just £400 million.
A microbiologist has told ITV News an Ebola outbreak in the UK is "probably" inevitable - but says it will not get out of control.
Mark Fielder, from Kingston University, insisted the threat to the country posed by the deadly virus remained low.
Speaking to ITV News's Ranvir Singh, Prof Fielder said he believed the UK was well prepared for any Ebola cases - but criticised the international community for responding too slowly to the crisis.
As it reaches seven months since the Ebola outbreak started we take a look at the timeline of events leading up to the spread of the virus.
More than 100 British personnel are arriving in Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Here's what else the UK is doing.
A man has been filmed helping an Ebola patient onto a plane without wearing any protective equipment.