Splinter Ebola Outbreaks Hinder Fight Against Virus: UN

BLOOMBERG      by  Jason Gale                                                                 Jan. 19, 2015

West Africa’s Ebola epidemic has morphed into several micro-outbreaks of varying intensity and with the potential to reignite more widespread contagion, a United Nations official said.

The pattern of spread has become more nuanced and complex, occurring over a wider area, David Nabarro, the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Ebola, said in a report by the Global Ebola Response Information Centre.

The 36-page publication, dated January 2015, outlines progress to date and changes in the global response needed to end the deadly scourge, which began in December 2013 in a remote area of Guinea, near the border with Liberia and Sierra Leone. ...

“Ending the outbreak will not be easy because the disease is being transmitted in three countries with a collective land area greater than the United Kingdom,” Nabarro said. “Success can only be achieved if communities themselves understand the nature of the outbreak and act in ways that reduce their likelihood of becoming infected.”

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Read Global Ebola Response Information Centre report citrd above.
http://ebolaresponse.un.org/sites/default/files/ebolaoutlook.pdf

Link to WHO situation Report, Jan. 16, 2015

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.ebola-sitrep.ebola-summary-20150116?lang=en