Victory over Ebola is 'within reach'

Ending the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is a difficult task, but it is "within our reach", the UN's new mission chief for the disease said, warning that the world has no choice but to beat back the infection.

"This is a global crisis. We definitely have a difficult time ahead of us, but we can achieve it," Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, said on arrival in Ghana on Saturday.

"We have no plan B, we have to get rid of this virus. This is within our reach, but we should not be complacent," said Ahmed, who had arrived in Accra to take over from Anthony Banbury.