The ongoing fight to control the Ebola epidemic in Guinea will require dozens of highly qualified French-speaking medical personnel, according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden.
“We’re asking health departments around the U.S. to lend us people for three to six months,” Frieden told Devex Tuesday. “We’re working on every route we can to get more people in.”
The rate of new Ebola cases in Liberia has plunged and has leveled off in Sierra Leone, but health officials are now focusing on Guinea, where rates continue to fluctuate and no downward trend has yet been identified, according to the World Health Organization’s latest Ebola situation report.
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Jeff Tyson@jtyson21
Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.