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Farmers in Sierra Leone, one of three countries hardest hit by the Ebola Virus, threshing rice. Photo: FAO/Caroline Thomas

WORLD MUST DO ‘WHATEVER IT TAKES’ TO ENSURE RECOVERY OF EBOLA-AFFECTED COUNTRIES – BAN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed today to members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to do whatever it takes” to help the West African countries hardest hit by Ebola grow back stronger and more resilient, while the head of the UN health agency noted that the “fear of Ebola is moving faster than the virus” itself. Read more


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