Friday, April 17, 2015

"Exhausted" Liberia struggles with long Ebola 'to do' list - TRFN

Health workers take temperature of boy who came in contact with woman who died of Ebola virus in Paynesville neighborhood of Monrovia By Astrid Zweynert OXFORD, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Treating trauma and the mental health issues of Ebola survivors is one of the many challenges facing "exhausted" Liberia, a senior health ministry official said. Liberia has weathered the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 10,600 people and infected 25,791, more successfully than its neighbours Sierra Leone and Guinea. Liberia's last known victim of Ebola died on March 27 and the West African country is conducting a 42-day countdown to be officially declared free of the disease. We still have huge needs," said Miatta Gbanya, deputy incident manager of Ebola response at the Liberian healthy ministry.








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