Rising Ebola cases strain health workers

A shortage of trained health workers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea who can treat Ebola victims and prevent further spread of the deadly disease is hampering response efforts, say Health Ministry and NGO staff, who say their efforts are at “breaking point”. Full report

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The past decade has seen dramatic advances in the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

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It will include reports on the humanitarian fall-out over barriers to healthcare access; and the frequent failure of the aid industry to include programming for gay people in their disaster response.