Emergency hygiene supplies have been sent to Sierra Leone to help health workers combat the Ebola epidemic.
Thousands of high level disinfectant wipes, hundreds of gloves and aprons have been dispatched by Leicester-based charity Inter Care.
They have been supplied by Lutterworth company Pal International Ltd.
They will be used by health teams at two sites in the disease-stricken country.
General manager at Inter Care Diane Hardy said: "We are not a disaster relief charity but several of our beneficiaries have been caught up in this terrible Ebola crisis and as a humanitarian organisation we are trying to do everything we can to help them."
Inter Care, is a charity which recycles and donates surplus medicines from the UK to health units in sub-Saharan Africa.
It has teamed up with Pal International Ltd to offer assistance in tackling the virus.
Pal International Ltd, is a Leicester company and market leader in infection prevention, and has donated high level disinfectant wipes, disposable gloves and aprons to help control the spread of the virus.
A company spokeswoman said: "A shipment of 60 boxes of wipes, 600 gloves and 600 aprons was sent by Inter Care last week to two health units in Sierra Leone, one of the worst affected countries."
Dr Tamba Missa at the Nixon Hospital in Sierra Leone, a health unit supported by Inter Care, said: "Lack of protective materials to work with was a barrier faced by staff. The fight against Ebola is not over yet."
With the number of cases rising and spreading internationally, the World Health Organisation has warned that there could be as many as 20,000 cases by November.
Around 4,500 people have already died from Ebola most of them in West Africa.
Britain has just sent a team of 90 Army medics to set up treatment stations in west Africa.
For further information on Inter Care visit www.intercare.org.uk or email info@intercare.org.uk.
