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New ebola cases decline, but challenges remain
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Jan 28, 2015
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New ebola cases decline, but challenges remain
New cases of Ebola in West Africa are declining, but experts caution that the fight isn't over. Aid organizations are still working to bring the number to zero.
A seller of bananas walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia on August 31, 2014. Liberia on August 30, 2014 said it would deny permission for any crew to disembark from ships at the country's four seaports until the Ebola epidemic ravaging west Africa was under control.
A seller of bananas walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading 'Ebola' in Monrovia on August 31, 2014.
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New cases of Ebola in West Africa are declining, but experts caution that the fight isn't over. Aid organizations are still working to bring the number to zero.

The ebola epidemic has killed more than eight thousand people in the region, but health officials say the worst-case scenario has been avoided. 

According to the latest information from the World Health Organization, cases are clearly falling in the three worst affected countries— Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone— but experts caution that the fight isn't over.

John Service, Ebola response coordinator for Catholic Relief Services, joined Take Two for an update on the effort to bring the number of new cases down to zero.