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Ebola and folly of under-investing in systems

That the world has been awakened by the Ebola crisis in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - is not debatable. News channels in all regions of the world have extensively reported on the intensity of the crisis.

The World Health Organisation has termed this a 'global public health emergency' as the socio-economic systems in the affected countries are severely disrupted. Governments are keen to put measures in place to prevent the spread of Ebola into their territories.

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