U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim made separate appeals to the international community Nov. 21 to begin planning recovery efforts in Ebola-affected countries in West Africa.
Ban told reporters after meeting with United Nations senior officials in Washington, D.C. that an accelerated response with additional funding and personnel support is needed to contain and end the outbreak by the middle of next year.
However, he underscored that now is also the time to begin thinking beyond the disease.