--- title: Ebola: UN Official Says Outbreak Can Be Beat in 2015 description: The Ebola Mission Chief says victory is far off but not out of reach canonical: https://time.com/3652455/ebola-2015-un/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-02T18:57:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:07.537Z article:section: Health og:title: U.N. Official Says Ebola Can Be Beat in 2015 og:description: "We have a long and difficult way to go," U.N. health official says. og:url: https://time.com/3652455/ebola-2015-un/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15bc81c2d5fbf9f7/698763a755a8590a4ba83875/ebola-caregiver-person-of-the-year.jpg?branch=production&width=268&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 268 og:image:height: 151 og:image:alt: Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, in the Monrovia, Liberia on Oct. 4, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.N. 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Hundreds of doctors, nurses and health workers work every day to treat and contain the outbreak in the hot zone_  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jan 2, 2015 6:57 PM UTC  Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia on Oct. 4, 2014. Red Cross workers carry away the body of a person suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia on Oct. 4, 2014. Pascal Guyot—AFP/Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jan 2, 2015 6:57 PM UTC A United Nations official said Friday that the Ebola outbreak can be stomped out in 2015 but that months of hard work remain to stop the virus that has killed almost 8,000 people. “We have not come anywhere close to ending the crisis. We’ve done a lot in 90 days in a very successful response but we have a long and difficult way to go,” Anthony Banbury, head of the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response told reporters. His comments were reported by Reuters. **Read more:** [The Ebola fighters are TIME’s 2014 Person of the Year ](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters/) “It’s going to go on for not just weeks but some months more,” Banbury said. “But I believe we will do it in 2015 and we’re going to do it by working very closely not just with governments of the countries but the communities.” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon created the international body’s Ebola mission in September to ramp up the international response to the crisis. Banbury is the outgoing mission chief. 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