'Ebola virus disease outrbreak business engagement guide', 16 September 2014:...Governments, WHO [World Health Organization]...United Nations agencies and NGOs have joined forces to scale up [the] international response to the...outbreak of the Ebola Virus...[T]he United Nations [has] released an Overview of Needs and Requirements...guided by the 5 strategic objectives to be implemented within the coming 6-9 months: 1. Stop the outbreak; 2. Treat the infected; 3. Ensure essential services; 4. Preserve stability; 5. Prevent outbreaks in countries currently unaffected. The UN’s Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) is the first-ever UN emergency health Mission...The UN recognizes that since the outbreak,the private sector has already been strongly engaged in the response... As the international community expands its efforts under UNMEER, coordinated engagement of private sector actors with specific operational capabilities...would significantly augment existing and planned resources... and act as a multiplier to response efforts on the ground.