Fighting an Epidemic With Hands Tied

Detailed discussion of the difficulties in recruiting health workers for West Africa

A health care worker dressed in protective clothing in an Ebola ward last month in Liberia. Organizing workers in West Africa has been a problem. Credit Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

 NEW YORK TIMES                                Nov. 4, 2014
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of government and civilian workers of all stripes, and thousands of military personnel, have braved the terrifying prospect of infection to respond to the Ebola emergency in West Africa. And thousands more will be needed for an effort that is expected to go well into 2015.

But will they go? Beyond the obvious dangers to health care workers — more than 270, mostly African, have died so far this year — a host of obstacles stand in the way of anyone who may want to help stem a catastrophe.

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See previous storiesposted today on Canada and Australia

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-contributes-more-money-but-no-medical-workers-in-ebola-fight/article21429835/

 http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ebola-abbott-government-relents-will-send-australian-volunteers-to-treat-victims-20141104-11grgy.html#ixzz3I7AleU3A