As New Ebola Cases Drop, Focus Turns To Recovery Of Health Systems, Economies In West Africa

IRIN: After Ebola: What next for West Africa’s health systems
“As rates of Ebola infection fall in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, planning has begun on how to rebuild public health systems and learn lessons from the outbreak…” (Anyadike, 1/26).

Reuters: Post-Ebola plan needed to avert ‘double disaster’ in West Africa: Oxfam
“The three West African countries worst hit by Ebola risk a ‘double disaster’ unless a multi-million dollar plan is put in place to help their economies recover, Oxfam said on Tuesday. In Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, people were struggling to make ends meet having seen their incomes plummet, the aid agency said…” (Mis, 1/26).

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