SciDev.Net: Speed of Ebola spread linked to poverty
“…A paper published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases at the end of 2015 showed that people in poorer parts of Montserrado county in Liberia — which contains the capital, Monrovia — were more likely to both catch Ebola and pass it on than those in wealthy neighborhoods. Residents in areas of extreme poverty need rapid and high-quality health care interventions during outbreaks to contain epidemics quickly, it concludes…” (Mehra, 1/11).