Hundreds of healthcare personnel will be trained as part of World Vision Australia's boosted response to the Ebola crisis.
The aid organisation has stepped up measures following the Abbott government's $2.5 million pledge earlier this week to help combat the outbreak, which has now affected seven countries, including single cases found in Spain and the United States.
"With the support of the Australian Government, World Vision will distribute over 5 million items of protective clothing and equipment and begin a rapid training program for 750 health care workers," head of World Vision Australia's Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs, Majella Hurney, announced.
Despite commending the Coalition's efforts, Ms Hurney warned that more needed to be done to prevent and control the spread of the deadly virus, particularly in Sierra Leone where the group has been providing humanitarian assistance for almost 20 years.
"Ebola is spreading in Sierra Leone at an alarming rate, with the number of new cases doubling every three weeks," she said.
"The country has had more than 2,000 confirmed cases of Ebola and almost 600 deaths attributed to the virus."
Despite global community efforts to fight the epidemic, the World Health Organisation has said that there were no signs the disease was being brought under control.
"The situation in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone continues to deteriorate, with widespread and persistent transmission of Ebola," the UN's health authority stated. "There is no evidence that the EVD epidemic in West Africa is being brought under control."
As of October 5, the officially death toll stood at 3,879 out of 8,033 who had contracted the disease.
Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west has prepared for a potential outbreak of the highly contagious disease with the set up of isolation rooms and a highly secure laboratory where patients can undergo testing for the virus.