The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to allocate $49.9 million in funding for the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). Analysts say the Ebola epidemic is emerging as a global threat which requires all-round attention. The outbreak started in West Africa in December 2013 and by now Ebola has spread across five countries, namely Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal.