Humanitarian Action for Children 2014-2015: Ebola Outbreak Response in West Africa
author: UN children's fund
date: January 29, 2015
click here to read the article: http://reliefweb.int/report/sierra-leone/humanitarian-action-children-2014-2015-ebola-outbreak-response-west-africa
This article talks about a major Ebola outbreak in western Africa. There is a huge risk of it hitting Burkina Faso. The outbreak is exacerbated by weak health systems and poor hygiene and sanitation practices. Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has been established to help these suffering African countries and to hopefully find a cure.
There were maybe three cases in the Unites States and Americans were all buzzing about it, so I can't imagine how the neighboring countries feel about roughly ten million around them being infected. It is nice seeing the efforts from so many organizations trying to help. UNICEF raises money and the UN made it their responsibility to treat the sick. It is really disgusting that this epidemic was feed by unsanitary burial grounds though.
The political leaders need to step up and help where they can. For example cleaning up the burial grounds. The UN took over the hard work I believe. Burkina Faso's leaders do have to worry big time if it spreads to them. This would suck for rich countries, poorer countries would suffer. They don't have the money as it is to provide the basic medical care to their people.
author: UN children's fund
date: January 29, 2015
click here to read the article: http://reliefweb.int/report/sierra-leone/humanitarian-action-children-2014-2015-ebola-outbreak-response-west-africa
This article talks about a major Ebola outbreak in western Africa. There is a huge risk of it hitting Burkina Faso. The outbreak is exacerbated by weak health systems and poor hygiene and sanitation practices. Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has been established to help these suffering African countries and to hopefully find a cure.
There were maybe three cases in the Unites States and Americans were all buzzing about it, so I can't imagine how the neighboring countries feel about roughly ten million around them being infected. It is nice seeing the efforts from so many organizations trying to help. UNICEF raises money and the UN made it their responsibility to treat the sick. It is really disgusting that this epidemic was feed by unsanitary burial grounds though.
The political leaders need to step up and help where they can. For example cleaning up the burial grounds. The UN took over the hard work I believe. Burkina Faso's leaders do have to worry big time if it spreads to them. This would suck for rich countries, poorer countries would suffer. They don't have the money as it is to provide the basic medical care to their people.