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Countries most affected by Ebola lobby for funding for infrastructure

UN chief Ban Ki-moon (L) with Liberia's president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

NAIROBI: Only weeks after Liberia was declared Ebola free, two more deaths were confirmed in the same village in the country, disrupting the celebratory mood that had followed the May 9 announcement.

On 10 May, a day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Liberia Ebola-free, health officials were holding a myriad meetings at the country’s health ministry. They needed to return to the issues that had been pressing the health sector before the Ebola outbreak in 2013.

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