Since the
UN Ebola mission was set up in September, the hope that its work would be over
within 60 - 90 days has faded. The goal is now zero cases, however long it
takes. The new head of the mission will be an African.
Deutsche Welle, 30 Dec 2014
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| UNMEER was created in September 2014 following criticism from non-governmental organizations that not enough was being done to fight the Ebola outbreak |
The
incumbent head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) Anthony
Banbury told DW their chief task when the mission was created was to
"identify everything that was required to bring this multifaceted crisis
to an end."
At the
mission's headquarters in Accra, Ghana, a staff of 30 coordinate efforts to
contain the deadly Ebola epidemic.
Their
initial analysis revealed that trained medical workers were the chief priority
- and the hardest to obtain.
"It's
difficult to get them in the numbers we need," Banbury said.
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| Anthony Banbury (2nd from the left) arrives at Foya in Lofa County, Liberia, in October 2014 while on a fact-finding tour of the three worst hit countries |
UNMEER has
been working with governments and the private sector to bring the disease under
control. Spokesperson Fatimata Lejeune describes progress as steady but
unremarkable. She said a worrying number of people were infected with the
disease and too many people had already died from it. Nonetheless "the
rate of transmission has gone down in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. At
least in the worst affected areas of each of the countries we are seeing fewer
cases," she said.
'Quickest
UN deployment'
As well as
a staff of 30 in Accra, UNMEER has a further 118 deployed in its offices in
those three countries hit hardest by the virus. Lejeune said their clear
objective was zero cases of new infection.
"It's
the only way Ebola can be fought. Even if there is one case left, it's a
danger, it's a risk for people in the community" she said.
Shortly
after the Ebola crisis first erupted in March 2014, there was criticism of
international organizations for failing to respond to it fast enough. But
Anthony Banbury appears to have gone some way towards assuaging the critics.
Ghanaian President Johan Mahama commended him with the words: "It has been
the quickest UN deployment I have ever seen."
New African
UNMEER head
Ismail Ould
Cheikh Ahmed, a Mauritanian national, succeeds Banbury as head of UNMEER in
January. He is currently serving as the number two at the UN mission in Libya
and has worked for various UN development and humanitarian agencies in Syria,
Yemen, Kenya and Georgia.
Ould Cheikh
Ahmed's appointment was announced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in
mid-December.
Figures
released by the World Health Organization on December 24, 2014 said that the
Ebola death toll had risen to 7,588 and the number of confirmed cases of
infection stood at 19,497.
The Ebola
virus spreads through contact with an infected person or corpse. Family members
who care for patients or people who prepare victims for burial are at risk.
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