Nurses wearing protective suits search for a man infected with the Ebola
virus to escort him to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia on August 25,
2014. The World Health Organisation said the current case-count --
3,062, with 1,552 deaths -- was likely several times lower than the
actual number, and that the number of infections "could exceed 20,000
over the course of this emergency". AFP PHOTO | ZOOM DOSSO
By AFP
In Summary
- In a new anti-Ebola plan, the UN health agency said it aimed to reverse the trend within three months, with the final aim of stopping "all residual transmission within 6-9 months".
- The plan called for a massive ramping up of efforts to contain and defeat the epidemic.
The World Health Organisation said Thursday it
aimed to reverse the spread of Ebola within three months, but warned
that the caseload in West Africa's epidemic could eventually top 20,000.
In a new anti-Ebola plan, the UN health agency
said it aimed to reverse the trend within three months, with the final
aim of stopping "all residual transmission within 6-9 months".
It said the current case-count -- 3,062, with
1,552 deaths -- was likely several times lower than the actual number,
and that the number of infections "could exceed 20,000 over the course
of this emergency".
"This Roadmap assumes that in many areas of
intense transmission the actual number of cases may be 2-4 fold higher
than that currently reported," it said.
"It acknowledges that the aggregate case load of (Ebola) could exceed 20,000 over the course of this emergency," it added.
The plan called for a massive ramping up of efforts to contain and defeat the epidemic.
It put a price tag of $490 million on a six-month
campaign, saying the money would need to come from WHO coffers as well
as other aid agencies and governments.
"This indicative budget does not include the costs
of broader support for essential services in the countries worst
affected, nor the costs of health systems recovery and strengthening in
these areas," it noted.
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