HC 247 - Recovery and Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia

HC 247 - Recovery and Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia
ISBN-10
0215078209
ISBN-13
9780215078209
Category
Ebola virus disease
Pages
98
Language
English
Published
2014-10-02
Publisher
The Stationery Office
Author
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee

Description

Sierra Leone and Liberia have made remarkable recoveries since their civil wars. Ban Ki Moon was in Freetown this month to bring an end to the UN Security mission and set the UN presence on a conventional development footing from 1st April 2014. In Liberia there has been a gradual drawdown of the peacekeeping mission which will approximately halve the UN military presence by 2015. However both countries remain fragile with high unemployment and concerns about corruption. The devastating Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia demonstrates the dangers of ignoring the least developed countries in the world. The weak state of the health system in both countries has greatly reduced the effectiveness of the response to Ebola. There is an alarming lack of capacity in the health system, including a shortage of skilled clinicians.The Committee have determined that the scale of the Ebola crisis now unfolding in Sierra Leone and Liberia, may well be connected to declining levels of international support for health system improvements in what remain two of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.

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