By SIMON ALLISON —

There’s good news in the fight against Ebola – or, at least, some cautious optimism. The spread of the virus is slowing, and healthcare workers are beginning to talk about how they might eradicate it entirely. For Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, however, this is only the very first step in a long, bitter road to recovery.

Reading between the lines of the dry, technical language, it’s possible to detect a hint of optimism in the latest Ebola situation report from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“For the first time since [late June 2014], there have been fewer than 100 new confirmed cases reported in a week in the three most-affected countries,” said the report. This is a significant milestone, and is pretty convincing proof that the effort to slow down the spread of Ebola has worked.

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