Poverty Helps Fuel Ebola Outbreak, Experts Say

Ebola spreads through contact with the blood and fluids of infected people. But experts say the outbreak is also being fueled by poverty and poor governance. In West Africa, they are literally building the facilities to handle Ebola from scratch.  Improvised tents house quarantined Ebola patients. Many hospitals in the region lack basic equipment, says Tulane University virus expert Dr. Daniel Bausch. He spoke to VOA by Skype. “You go to a hospital in Sierra Leone or Liberia,...

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