A U.N. envoy has said that governments and international organizations plan to meet in March to work out how to rebuild three West African nations whose economies have been shattered by Ebola.
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Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
David Nabarro, the U.N. special envoy on Ebola, said that, "The plans at the moment are for a conference to look at the needs of reconstruction organized by the countries themselves, by the United Nations, by the African Union and by the European Union."
He said that the gathering was expected to be on March 3 in Brussels.
David Nabarro noted that, "By that time we anticipate to start to have estimates for what the whole recovery and revival will cost.β
Although the number of Ebola infections detected is clearly falling βto actually get to zero cases is the hardest part,β Nabarro said.
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The WHO has reported that the number of new Ebola cases reported in the three worst-hit countries in west Africa has dropped to its lowest level since late June.
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The UN Ebola coordinator warned that the ebola epidemic is decreasing but is still present in a third of the areas of the three worst affected west African nations.
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