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After Ebola, Sierra Leone Women Warned About Zika

Sierra Leone's last known Ebola case was released from the hospital this week, but authorities have yet to locate about 40 contacts who may be carrying the virus. So while Ebola is still the country's biggest concern, Ufuoma Festus Omo-Obi, country director of the Marie Stopes family planning organization, said Sierra Leone should be ready for Zika, too. Zika itself is not life-threatening, but the latest outbreak originating in Brazil shows it might lead to microcephaly, a...

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