UNMEER Must Scale Up Ebola Efforts To Reach Zero Cases, New Head Says

U.N. News Centre: On first visit to hard-hit nations, new U.N. Ebola mission chief vows scaled-up support to end crisis
“… ‘I want to visit the affected countries not only to see what’s already been done — I know we have made a lot of progress — but to see what we can do to get to zero cases as fast as possible,’ said Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed. ‘Beyond that, we also need to scale up our efforts to re-establish basic social services, strengthen health services, support economic activity, and build these countries’ resilience,’ he added…” (1/6).

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