Ebola fight 'shifts to ending epidemic'

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The World Health Organization say for the first time in 7 months, the number of new Ebola cases in West Africa has fallen below 100, and the focus of efforts against the disease is shifting from slowing transmission to ending the epidemic.
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Efforts in the Ebola fight are now shifting toward ending the epidemic, and include lab and contact tracing.

To reach this goal as quickly as possible, resources have shifted from rapidly building infrastructure to finding and managing new cases, ensuring safe burials and engaging communities, says the latest World Health Organization (WHO) situation report on Ebola.

Different agencies are taking the lead in each new area of focus.

WHO are leading case management, case finding, lab and contact tracing, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are leading action on safe and dignified burials, and UNICEF are leading action on community engagement and social mobilization.

SOURCE : medicalnewstoday.com/articles/288751.php