The Ebola outbreak has definitely gathered the attention of the largest multilateral and bilateral donors on strengthening health systems.
However, as the international aid community steps up funding to bolster health care capacity, infrastructure and staff in West Africa, worries are emerging that other development sectors will take a back seat.
One sector in danger of such a fate is hygiene, according to Shawn Seipler, executive director and co-founder of Clean the World, a U.S. nonprofit that collects and recycles discarded soap and shampoo products to distribute them to poor countries and thus help prevent deaths caused by hygiene-related illnesses.
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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.
