--- title: U.N. Mission Warns that Ebola Still Poses Global Threat description: The head of the U.N. Ebola mission in West Africa says there is a "huge risk" of the Ebola outbreak expanding beyond the region canonical: https://time.com/3611314/u-n-ebola-global-threat-anthony-banbury-bbc/ author: Elizabeth Barber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-01T07:51:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:27:38.715Z article:section: Health og:title: U.N. Warns Ebola Remains Global Menace og:description: Chief of the U.N. Ebola mission in West Africa says virus still threatens the whole world. og:url: https://time.com/3611314/u-n-ebola-global-threat-anthony-banbury-bbc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt713352ed86232c54/698769efe53aba6d3c4d609d/ebola-liberia-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Liberia Battles Spreading Ebola Epidemic og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.N. Warns Ebola Remains Global Menace twitter:description: Chief of the U.N. Ebola mission in West Africa says virus still threatens the whole world. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt713352ed86232c54/698769efe53aba6d3c4d609d/ebola-liberia-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.N. Mission Warns That Ebola Still Poses 'Huge' Global Threat ## Video: Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right [Watch (HLS stream): Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mSo7iFZ3.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2014-10-21. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts._ by [Elizabeth Barber](https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Dec 1, 2014 7:51 AM UTC  A mother and child stand atop their mattresses in a classroom now used as Ebola isolation ward on Aug. 15, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia A mother and child stand atop their mattresses in a classroom now used as Ebola isolation ward on Aug. 15, 2014, in Monrovia, LiberiaJohn Moore—Getty Images by [Elizabeth Barber](https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Dec 1, 2014 7:51 AM UTC The head of the U.N. Ebola mission in West Africa has said there is a “[huge risk](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30270997)” of the Ebola outbreak expanding beyond the hard-hit region. Anthony Banbury told BBC News that “there is a huge risk to the world that Ebola will spread” if it continues to ravage Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, where it has killed almost 7,000 people. “That is why it is so important to get down to zero cases as quickly as possible,” Banbury told BBC News. The U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response said last week that it did not expect to meet the ambitious goals it had set for Dec. 1 in its effort to halt the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [Read more at BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30270997) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3611314/u-n-ebola-global-threat-anthony-banbury-bbc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3611314/u-n-ebola-global-threat-anthony-banbury-bbc/"},"headline":"U.N. 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