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Ebola in Guinea: Anthony Banbury UN rings the general mobilization to curb the epidemic
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 8:21 p.m.
Conakry - 'The Ebola situation is very grave here' was concerned the Under-Secretary General and Head of Mission of United Nations Emergency for the fight against the epidemic of Ebola (UNMEER) based in Accra, Ghana, this Wednesday, October 8 at a conference in Conakry. Anthony Banbury rings the general mobilization to act quickly, found onsite Africaguinee.com.
A unique crisis the world had never known before ...
'It is clear that the situation is very grave here. This is not just a health crisis, it is a complex crisis. Its impact is in many sectors of society. It is not only in the health sector, but also in agriculture, in education and at all levels of society ', said the special envoy of Ban ki Moon.
Anthony Banbury, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is a unique crisis the world had never known before. 'The world was not ready to face it', says the UN diplomat, adding that 'the answer to this crisis should be at the height of its complexity with a multidimensional social mechanism much more important,' 'he advocates .
We must act quickly ...
To date, he argues, the funding is not sufficient to deal with the crisis. This is why we must act expeditiously.
'We always have the ability to stop this crisis, to finish with Ebola in the country, but we must act quickly. All the players who are in the battlefield, the government with all its partners must act. We are here to help the government's efforts, to assist him, support him ', said the head of the Mission Emergency UN to fight against the epidemic of Ebola.
It is to the Guinean government that is sovereign to decide himself what will happen here, 'he says. 'It is not for the United Nations to impose some thing, we are here to lend our assistance under the direction of the President, his ministers and Dr Sakoba Keita (coordinator of the response to Ebola)', explains Mr. Banbury.
A very complex health crisis ...
This crisis is very complex, launches the speaker promising that the United nations that have a lot of experience in managing complex crises will assist the Guinean government and its partners with all of its financial and logistical capabilities. 'We have a commitment to do everything we can as quickly as we can to help the country to stop this grave crisis' says Mr. Banbury.
And insist: 'We have a great responsibility to act quickly to end the crisis'.
Continuing his speech, he will point out that 'this is the first time in the history of the UN that there is a health mission like that in a region of the world. This is the first time that the entire system of united nations or the UN agencies are involved in a mission for a single goal, '' he reveals.
The epidemic Will it influence the presidential election of 2015?
In response to this issue, the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations say that 'the virus does not look at the calendar political', he said. 'It is we who must step up the response. And I hope that this will happen as soon as possible ', said Anthony Banbury.
When will the epidemic end?
'We do not have an exact period. But I am convinced that we can end this crisis. But the question is how many people will die before it comes to an end ', says the UN diplomat, before adding that' it will be when we get to zero cases in all affected countries that we can declare an end to the epidemic. If there is one case that remains, the epidemic can resurface at any time ', he says.
Of passage, Anthony Banbury announced that the Secretary General of the United Nations will appoint in the coming hours emergency a responsible for the response to Ebola in Guinea. He will arrive in Conakry to take over the management, he said.
Note that Mr. Banbury Head of Mission UNMEER who was appointed on September 9, 2014 by Ban Ki Moon, is making this first visit to Guinea in the context of the implementation of the operative provisions of the Plan STEPP of the United Nations passage scale of the response to the epidemic of Ebola.
During his visit, he held talks with the head of state and members of the Government, the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the National Crisis Coordination Cell Retort against the Ebola epidemic, technical and financial partners, humanitarian partners, civil society. He also visited this morning Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) Donka.
Boubacar Diallo 1
for Africaguinee.com
Ebola in Guinea: Anthony Banbury UN rings the general mobilization to curb the epidemic
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 8:21 p.m.
Conakry - 'The Ebola situation is very grave here' was concerned the Under-Secretary General and Head of Mission of United Nations Emergency for the fight against the epidemic of Ebola (UNMEER) based in Accra, Ghana, this Wednesday, October 8 at a conference in Conakry. Anthony Banbury rings the general mobilization to act quickly, found onsite Africaguinee.com.
A unique crisis the world had never known before ...
'It is clear that the situation is very grave here. This is not just a health crisis, it is a complex crisis. Its impact is in many sectors of society. It is not only in the health sector, but also in agriculture, in education and at all levels of society ', said the special envoy of Ban ki Moon.
Anthony Banbury, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is a unique crisis the world had never known before. 'The world was not ready to face it', says the UN diplomat, adding that 'the answer to this crisis should be at the height of its complexity with a multidimensional social mechanism much more important,' 'he advocates .
We must act quickly ...
To date, he argues, the funding is not sufficient to deal with the crisis. This is why we must act expeditiously.
'We always have the ability to stop this crisis, to finish with Ebola in the country, but we must act quickly. All the players who are in the battlefield, the government with all its partners must act. We are here to help the government's efforts, to assist him, support him ', said the head of the Mission Emergency UN to fight against the epidemic of Ebola.
It is to the Guinean government that is sovereign to decide himself what will happen here, 'he says. 'It is not for the United Nations to impose some thing, we are here to lend our assistance under the direction of the President, his ministers and Dr Sakoba Keita (coordinator of the response to Ebola)', explains Mr. Banbury.
A very complex health crisis ...
This crisis is very complex, launches the speaker promising that the United nations that have a lot of experience in managing complex crises will assist the Guinean government and its partners with all of its financial and logistical capabilities. 'We have a commitment to do everything we can as quickly as we can to help the country to stop this grave crisis' says Mr. Banbury.
And insist: 'We have a great responsibility to act quickly to end the crisis'.
Continuing his speech, he will point out that 'this is the first time in the history of the UN that there is a health mission like that in a region of the world. This is the first time that the entire system of united nations or the UN agencies are involved in a mission for a single goal, '' he reveals.
The epidemic Will it influence the presidential election of 2015?
In response to this issue, the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations say that 'the virus does not look at the calendar political', he said. 'It is we who must step up the response. And I hope that this will happen as soon as possible ', said Anthony Banbury.
When will the epidemic end?
'We do not have an exact period. But I am convinced that we can end this crisis. But the question is how many people will die before it comes to an end ', says the UN diplomat, before adding that' it will be when we get to zero cases in all affected countries that we can declare an end to the epidemic. If there is one case that remains, the epidemic can resurface at any time ', he says.
Of passage, Anthony Banbury announced that the Secretary General of the United Nations will appoint in the coming hours emergency a responsible for the response to Ebola in Guinea. He will arrive in Conakry to take over the management, he said.
Note that Mr. Banbury Head of Mission UNMEER who was appointed on September 9, 2014 by Ban Ki Moon, is making this first visit to Guinea in the context of the implementation of the operative provisions of the Plan STEPP of the United Nations passage scale of the response to the epidemic of Ebola.
During his visit, he held talks with the head of state and members of the Government, the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the National Crisis Coordination Cell Retort against the Ebola epidemic, technical and financial partners, humanitarian partners, civil society. He also visited this morning Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) Donka.
Boubacar Diallo 1
for Africaguinee.com
