Monday 20 October 2014

Home care kits highlight gaps in West Africa's Ebola response

Workers for International NGO Doctors Without Borders distribute home disinfectant kits to prevent Ebola in Monrovia By David Lewis and James Harding Giahyue DAKAR/MONROVIA (Reuters) - With the number of Ebola cases spiraling in West Africa and weeks remaining until treatment units promised by Western governments are built, health workers fighting one of the world's deadliest diseases are being forced to improvise. In the "hot zones" of Liberia, where Ebola patients are being turned away from overflowing clinics, aid agencies are distributing tens of thousands of protection kits, made up of buckets, chlorine, soap, gloves, a gown and instructions on how to look after the infected in their own homes. ...




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