Liberia INGO Advocacy Paper: The road to recovery

The recovery phase needs to address a combination of immediate stabilization actions, continued prevention of Ebola and communicable diseases and the strengthening of long-term systems for health, education and economic livelihoods. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have undertaken a remarkable effort to defeat the devastating Ebola outbreak. Recovery must now be pursued as part of the goal of „getting to zero and staying at zero,” as the response changes from emergency operations to multi-faceted, long-term support.The International Ebola Recovery Conference in New York hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must now ensure that recovery efforts go beyond redressing direct development losses to build back better and ensure greater resilience.