Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Ebola wrecks years of aid work in worst-hit countries

Health workers rest outside a quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu By Bate Felix and Emma Farge DAKAR/KOIDU, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Ebola is wrecking years of health and education work in Sierra Leone and Liberia following their civil wars, forcing many charity groups to suspend operations or re-direct them to fighting the epidemic. More than a decade of peace and quickening economic growth had raised hopes that the nations could finally reduce their dependency on foreign aid and budgetary support; now Ebola has undermined those achievements, charity workers and officials say. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-wrecks-years-aid-worst-hit-countries-152001499--business.html

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