Ebola Update - Noon Briefing (21 January 2015)

United Nations - Ebola Update by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
EBOLA UPDATE-------------
Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and David Nabarro, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ebola, presented the latest Overview of the UN system and partners' Requirements for the Ebola Response in Davos today.
The financial needs for the first six month of 2015 amount to $1.5 billion. Almost $500 million is already available and the appeal is now to fund the gap of $1 billion.
The resources made available and spent during 2014 contributed to the decline in new cases of Ebola in the three most affected countries. Specific results include: Almost 2,000 beds providing people with care; 255 burial teams ensuring safe and dignified burials; and 11,800 contract tracers identifying more and more contacts.
The work is not yet over. Our goal must be to get to zero cases and there is a long way to go, so continued financial and political support is needed. There is no room for complacency