Ebola: UN says world needs to maintain response The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response says the international community needs to maintain its response to Ebola though the number of cases may be going down. The UN Secretary General's Special Representative and Head of UNMEER Anthony Branbury, was speaking to journalists at the end of his tour of duty in Accra. More than 20 thousand cases of Ebola have been reported in the three affected countries with 7,879 deaths. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.