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    What Liberia needs from donors post-Ebola

    The recovery from the Ebola crisis seems to be off to an uneasy start. Just as U.S. President Obama announced the drawdown of military forces in Ebola-hit West Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded a second week of rising Ebola cases. Devex spoke with Liberian Assistant Minister of Health Tolbert Nyenswah about the country's tempestuous recovery and his long-term vision for development in a post-Ebola Liberia.

    By Molly Anders // 16 February 2015

    U.S. President Barack Obama bid his Ebola czar farewell Friday, following an announcement that the United States will begin drawing down its military presence in the three West African nations hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic.

    The drawdown of troops by no means signals a victory, Obama stressed, but marks a new phase of “transition” in the country’s engagement in the crisis, in which the United States will work toward eradicating Ebola.

    Still, February witnessed the first uptick in Ebola cases in 2015. In Liberia, where five of last week’s 124 new cases were recorded, the government postponed the reopening of schools to Feb. 16.

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      Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.

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