Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses efforts of the leaders of the United Nations system toward the Ebola epidemic, and their work toward a unified approach on the ground in West Africa. The goal is to get to zero cases. He talks about the need for comm...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
Format: Speech
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
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spelling okr-10986-243092021-04-23T14:04:21Z Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014 Kim, Jim Yong TREATMENT VIRUS AGENCIES ROAD DISEASE HEALTH EBOLA EPIDEMIC HEALTH WORKERS HISTORY FARMERS PATIENTS UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM MEETING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INFECTIONS NATIONS ALL FIELDS Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses efforts of the leaders of the United Nations system toward the Ebola epidemic, and their work toward a unified approach on the ground in West Africa. The goal is to get to zero cases. He talks about the need for community-based care facilities with well-trained health workers and strong triage, diagnostic, treatment and referral capabilities in the affected countries. He speaks about the need to accelerate and adapt the response to changing conditions on the ground and also prepare for the recovery. He assured continued support as development partners to the Ebola-affected countries. 2016-05-20T20:33:00Z 2016-05-20T20:33:00Z 2014-11-21 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876155/statement-jim-yong-kim-president-world-bank-group-following-united-nations’-chief-executives-board-meeting-ebola http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24309 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech West Africa Guinea Liberia Mali Nigeria Sierra Leone
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VIRUS
AGENCIES
ROAD
DISEASE
HEALTH
EBOLA
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HEALTH WORKERS
HISTORY
FARMERS
PATIENTS
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
MEETING
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
CARE
HEALTH SYSTEMS
INFECTIONS
NATIONS
ALL
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VIRUS
AGENCIES
ROAD
DISEASE
HEALTH
EBOLA
EPIDEMIC
HEALTH WORKERS
HISTORY
FARMERS
PATIENTS
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
MEETING
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
CARE
HEALTH SYSTEMS
INFECTIONS
NATIONS
ALL
FIELDS
Kim, Jim Yong
Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
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Guinea
Liberia
Mali
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Sierra Leone
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discusses efforts of the leaders of the United Nations system toward the Ebola epidemic, and their work toward a unified approach on the ground in West Africa. The goal is to get to zero cases. He talks about the need for community-based care facilities with well-trained health workers and strong triage, diagnostic, treatment and referral capabilities in the affected countries. He speaks about the need to accelerate and adapt the response to changing conditions on the ground and also prepare for the recovery. He assured continued support as development partners to the Ebola-affected countries.
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title Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
title_short Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
title_full Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
title_fullStr Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Statement following the United Nations’ Chief Executives Board Meeting on Ebola, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
title_sort statement following the united nations’ chief executives board meeting on ebola, washington, d.c., november 21, 2014
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876155/statement-jim-yong-kim-president-world-bank-group-following-united-nations’-chief-executives-board-meeting-ebola
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