At Security Council, top UN health officials spotlight role of emergency preparedness in Ebola fight

The deadly Ebola outbreak which ravaged West Africa for more than a year has demonstrated the increasing importance of emergency preparedness both in Africa and across the world, said two senior United Nations health officials who noted that if the current intense focus on case detection and contact tracing is maintained, the virus could be “soundly defeated” by year's end.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news