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Ebola: UN tells Brussels meeting world must ‘stay on course’ to get to, remain at zero cases
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UNITED NATIONS NEWS CENTRE March 4, 2015
BRUSSELS --Representatives of United Nations organizations engaged in the response against Ebola pledged their support Ttuesday to the worst-affected West African countries in “each stage of this journey; the drive to zero, the early recovery, the medium and longer term development.”
UN and EU meet in Brussels, Belgium, to take stock of the Ebola situation and identify ways forward. Photo: UNMEER
The pledge was made at a high-level international conference on Ebola sponsored by the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, aimed at maintaining global attention on the crisis, taking stock of the fight against the epidemic and on coordinating next steps and discussing the recovery process.
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, Dr. David Nabarro, said that current phase of the response “is the hardest part and a bumpy road” and urged the international community to remain fully engaged until the task is completed, especially as the virus is moving and as some communities are reticent about being engaged in the response.
Dr. Nabarro, as well as World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, both emphasized the need to build trust with communities to eradicate the disease, which has affected nearly 24,000 people with more than 9,714 deaths.
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EU Ebola conference airs response needs, long-term goals
CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND RESEARCH by Lisa Schnirring March 3 2015
BRUSSELS-- Tough problems, like community resistance, persist in some Ebola outbreak nations, and another big response by the international community will be needed to get the countries back on their feet after the epidemic, speakers said today at an Ebola meeting in Brussels.
Leaders from African nations and their international partners involved in the Ebola response gathered at a 1-day conference sponsored by the European Union to get a fix on where the outbreak stands, what other steps are needed to get cases to zero, and what the long-term needs are for recovery.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/03/eu-ebola-conference-airs-response-needs-long-term-goals
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