
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warmly welcomed the announcement by the United States Government to provide a range of measures to assist in the global response to Ebola Virus Disease.
In an attributable statement by the spokesman, Ban said that these assistantance measures include the building and staffing of Ebola Treatment Units, the provision of personnel with expertise in logistics, training, and engineering, as well as continued humanitarian assistance for community health care.
The Secretary-General called on the international community to be as bold and courageous in its response as those who are on the frontlines fighting this disease.
Ebola Virus Disease is not just a health crisis; it has grave humanitarian, economic and social consequences that could spread far beyond the affected countries, he said.
Ban and the United Nations are determined to accelerate action and meet this test of international cooperation and solidarity.
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