Health, food and nutrition

In 2015, the United Nations continued to promote health, food and nutrition worldwide. In West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (unmeer) continued to coordinate all actors responding to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in accordance with a commonly agreed operational framework under the leadership of the host Governments. UN-system efforts focused on finding people with the disease and following-up with their contacts; treating people with the disease; safe and dignified burials; and community engagement. Early case detection, reinforcement of alerts and surveillance systems and awareness-raising activities became more critical in the push towards zero cases. After fulfilling its core objectives of scaling up the response in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and establishing the focused coordination of responders, unmeer closed on 31 July. On 1 August, oversight of the UN-system Ebola emergency response was transferred to the World Health Organization (who). Additional response activities included the second who high-level meeting on Ebola vaccine access and financing, which focused on efforts to develop and make Ebola vaccines available to affected communities; and the International Ebola Recovery Conference, which focused on targeted investments in the three Ebola-affected countries in a way that contributed to building back better and ensuring greater resilience.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions