[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN hopes for zero Ebola cases by year's end

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Iraq violence in 2014 resulted in most deaths in years Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 2, 2015 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN hopes for zero Ebola cases by year's end The number of Ebola cases globally has passed 20,000, with most recent cases found in Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization. The goal for year-end 2015 is zero Ebola cases, says Anthony Banbury of the United Nations' Ebola response team. 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