8 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2014/2204(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared on 22 March 2014 in Guinea, the disease has claimed 6 387 lives in the region1, including 342 members of medical staff; __________________ 1WHO data as at 10 December 2014.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Remains deeply concerned about the heavy toll of EVD on women and girls, and believesis of the opinion that failure to address gender- specific issues will have a negative impact on the prospects for long-term recovery.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas some members of medical staff and other staff involved in the fight against the Ebola outbreak were stigmatised and treated inappropriately following their return from Africa;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the current crisis cannot be solved by health systems alone, but that a concerted approach involving different sectors (healthcare, education and training, economy, sanitation, food aid, drinking water) is needed to address the critical gaps in all essential services; stresses that education, understood in a comprehensive way (also covering the cultural dimension and beliefs of these countries), and not only in terms of understanding and addressing the current Ebola outbreak, is key;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), partner organisations and non-governmental humanitarian organisations, such as Médecins Sans Frontières, for their work done on the ground and warmly welcomes their extensive input and help in controlling this outbreak; regrets the cases of inappropriate treatment of members of medical staff and other staff involved in the fight against the Ebola outbreak following their return from Africa;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to offer financial support to the families of members of the organisations mentioned in paragraph 6 (UNMEER, partner organisations and non-governmental humanitarian organisations, such as Médecins Sans Frontières) who have died in the fight against Ebola and from its effects;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the health systems in the West African countries affected; stresses that Ebola is definitely a disease with a high mortality rate, but that there are other fatal diseases in the area that should be treated as well (such as malaria); considers that the EU should invest in and encourage capacity building in the field in order to address the problem of the weak health systems, so that local staff may be provided with the training and adequate resources to face future epidemics (Ebola or any other illness); stresses that protecting medical staff involved in fighting the outbreak is of the greatest importance; considers that the efforts of third party donors should be channelled into building up capacity in the field;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for measures to be implemented once Ebola has been suppressed to restore faith in the security of affected countries to bring back investors and initiate an economic recovery, which is one of the preconditions for preventing epidemics in the future;