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    Battle against Ebola to go 'mini, local' — experts

    The struggle against Ebola is evolving. Fighting the disease in West Africa now requires smaller and more flexible locally staffed teams in the countryside to respond to mini-outbreaks, Devex learns from sources who attended a recent high-level meeting with U.N., EU and NGO experts in Brussels.

    By Diederik Kramers // 16 December 2014

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    The struggle against Ebola is evolving.

    Fighting the disease in West Africa now requires smaller but more medical teams in the countryside while stakeholders are increasingly thinking about how to address the long-term effects of the outbreak, according to sources who attended Friday a high-level meeting with U.N., EU and NGO experts in Brussels.

    The discussions, which included the Ebola coordinators from the United Nations, the European Union and several EU member states took place behind closed doors, but several EU sources who were present informed Devex of the proceedings and were cautiously optimistic about the outcomes.

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