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United Nations - Ebola Update by Vanina Maestracci , Assistant Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General at the Daily Noon Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York (20 November 2014).
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On Ebola, the latest figures from the World Health Organization report a total of 15,145 cases, and 5,420 deaths.
In the three countries with widespread and intense transmission, reported case incidence is no longer increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia, but is still increasing in Sierra Leone.
In Mali, there have been 6 reported confirmed and probable cases, and 5 deaths.
A massive effort is currently under way to identify all potential chains of transmission, monitor contacts, and prevent the outbreak from growing larger.
WHO says that as the successful experiences in Senegal and Nigeria show, aggressive contact tracing can support a rapid end to the outbreak.
The Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization, has also strengthened the number of staff engaged in contact tracing by drawing on polio surveillance teams and using local medical students with training in epidemiology.

WHO has also deployed 10 epidemiologists and Mali is ramping up its capacity to perform exit screening at the Bamako airport.
As you know, the Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Mr. Anthony Banbury, visited Mali yesterday to see how UNMEER could support the government not only in its efforts to end the current crisis, but also to put in place the necessary capacity to react quickly, should there be any new cases in the future.
And the Security Council will hear a briefing by Dr David Nabarro, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, and Anthony Banbury, tomorrow afternoon, at 3.
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