Samtidig livlig mødeaktivitet for at koordinere styrkerne i Vestafrika mod “Dødens fortrop”, som foreløbig har kostet over 6.000 livet og befrygtes at høste mange flere ofre de kommende måneder – regionalt topmøde i næste uge om ebola-bekæmpelse.
MONROVIA, 10 December 2014 (UN News Service): The United Nations Wednesday congratulated the front line workers in the field battling Ebola on their well-deserved recognition as Time “Person of the Year,” while countries affected by the outbreak and their partners met to ensure cases do not cross borders and to lay the foundation for resilient health systems respectively.
A one-day regional technical meeting in Monrovia brought together the four affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Mali, as well as neighbouring Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria, with the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) to develop an integrated and joint strategy for cross-border response.
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf emphasized the need to pool shared regional resources to counter the Ebola outbreak across the whole region, and the head UNMEER, Anthony Banbury, stated the clear commitment of the United Nations to support the regional initiatives.
“The UN system looks at things within national borders. National governments of course look at things within national borders. Major donors have funding programs that look at supporting programs in a national way,” said Banbury, adding:
“So we have to really work to change the way we normally operate so that we can put in place the most effective response to combat this crisis of Ebola.”
A summit of heads of states from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and Mali is scheduled for next week to review and endorse recommendations and commitments made at today’s regional meeting.
Meanwhile, UNMEER reported Wednesday that the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has pledged to deploy 192 medical personnel from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo to the most-affected countries in the coming six months.
UNMEER, the World Food Programme (WFP) and other UN entities also tweeted their congratulations to all of the frontline Ebola Response partners on their great work and recognition as TimeMagazine’s” Person of the Year.”
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