In the first days of the #Ebola outbreak in West Africa, as aid workers and health authorities battled to contain the deadly #virus, Mariano Lugli asked himself a simple question: where was the World Health Organization? Lugli, an Italian nurse, was among the first responders from medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (#MSF) to reach the remote forests of Guinea in March where the hemorrhagic fever - one of the most lethal diseases known to man - was detected. When the #epidemic spread to the capital Conakry, Lugli set up a second Ebola clinic there. He encountered a foreign medic and a logistician sent by the U.N. health agency but saw no sign of a #WHO official in charge of handling the escalating #outbreak.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:00:02 +0000