Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith has been a governance adviser with the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative since 2013, primarily in Liberia. Between August and December 2014, Elizabeth supported Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, who heads Liberia’s Ebola Response, on the coordination of the National Incident Management System. She has also worked with Dr. Emmanuel Dolo, the president’s adviser on Ebola, to support the establishment of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Ebola.

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42 days later: Liberia declared Ebola-free

42 days later: Liberia declared Ebola-free

over 10 years ago // Ebola crisis and response

Often the default mode in crises is to see government as an obstacle to work around. But in eradicating Ebola, it was government that got Liberia to where it is today. AGI's Elizabeth Smith and Dan Hymowitz highlight three things that made the government successful in leading the response.