Facebook says that over the next week, users will see an option to donate to three nonprofits fighting the disease.

It also announced it's donating one-hundred communication terminals for better Internet and cell phone service in affected areas in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

How might being connected online help address a health crisis?

Adele Waugaman, an advisor on humanitarian and technological efforts at Catalyst Advisory, says technology can help medical workers keep better records as well as broadcast important PSAs to affected communities.