This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29672179
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Ebola crisis: UN defends response after WHO report | Ebola crisis: UN defends response after WHO report |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| A senior UN health official has defended international moves to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. | A senior UN health official has defended international moves to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. |
| David Nabarro, UN system co-ordinator for Ebola, told the BBC that plans were on course to provide 4,000 beds for Ebola patients by next month, compared with 300 at the end of August. | David Nabarro, UN system co-ordinator for Ebola, told the BBC that plans were on course to provide 4,000 beds for Ebola patients by next month, compared with 300 at the end of August. |
| His comments follow a damning internal report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). | His comments follow a damning internal report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
| It said the UN agency had missed the chance to stop the disease spreading. | It said the UN agency had missed the chance to stop the disease spreading. |
| An internal document said those involved "failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall", according to the Associated Press. | An internal document said those involved "failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall", according to the Associated Press. |
| Separately, sources close to the WHO told Bloomberg of multiple failures in the outbreak's early stages. | Separately, sources close to the WHO told Bloomberg of multiple failures in the outbreak's early stages. |
| In the worst affected countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - the Ebola virus has now killed 4,546 people with cases of infection numbering 9,191, according to the latest WHO figures. | In the worst affected countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - the Ebola virus has now killed 4,546 people with cases of infection numbering 9,191, according to the latest WHO figures. |
| Mr Nabarro was responding to criticism of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which said that pledges of deployment and aid had not yet had an impact on the epidemic. | |
| He told the BBC that he had seen a big increase in the international response over the past two months. | He told the BBC that he had seen a big increase in the international response over the past two months. |
| "I am absolutely certain that when we look at the history, that this effort that has been put in place will have been shown to have had an impact, though I will accept that we probably won't see a reduction in the outbreak curve until the end of the year. | "I am absolutely certain that when we look at the history, that this effort that has been put in place will have been shown to have had an impact, though I will accept that we probably won't see a reduction in the outbreak curve until the end of the year. |
| "We are putting in place the foundations of a very powerful response." | "We are putting in place the foundations of a very powerful response." |
| The reports have brought into focus the way the WHO dealt with the outbreak in the months after it received the first reports of Ebola cases in Guinea in March. | The reports have brought into focus the way the WHO dealt with the outbreak in the months after it received the first reports of Ebola cases in Guinea in March. |
| Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned in April that the outbreak was out of control - something disputed by the WHO at the time. | Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned in April that the outbreak was out of control - something disputed by the WHO at the time. |
| "Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall," the document obtained by AP says. | "Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall," the document obtained by AP says. |
| The draft report - a timeline of the outbreak - also reportedly says that experts should have realised that traditional methods of containing infectious disease would not work in a region with porous borders and poor heath systems. | The draft report - a timeline of the outbreak - also reportedly says that experts should have realised that traditional methods of containing infectious disease would not work in a region with porous borders and poor heath systems. |
| Among the problems cited in the information obtained by AP and Bloomberg are: | Among the problems cited in the information obtained by AP and Bloomberg are: |
| How not to catch Ebola: | How not to catch Ebola: |
| Ebola basics: What you need to know | Ebola basics: What you need to know |
| How Ebola attacks | How Ebola attacks |
| What virus has hit - in maps | What virus has hit - in maps |
| Uncertainty over figures | Uncertainty over figures |
| Have you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk | Have you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk |
| Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (international). Or you can upload here. | Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (international). Or you can upload here. |
| Read the terms and conditions. | Read the terms and conditions. |