Partnering for a More Resilient West Africa | Ebola | U.S. Agency for International Development

Partnering for a More Resilient West Africa | Ebola | U.S. Agency for International Development

Until total awareness is done in the grassroot communities, Ebola will continue to peep into the lives of many through tradition and superstition.  New health habits and attitutdes must be curbed, enforced and felt like the wind by all and sundry especially in the rural areas for Ebola to die a natural death in West Africa.

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