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June 02, 2015 | Kennebec Journal
Seeking Answers in the Quick Spread of Ebola in West Africa
The vicious cycle that fueled Ebola's spread: Distrust leads to noncompliance leads to hardship leads to distrust.
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Sierra Leone
June 02, 2015 | Portland Press Herald
Nonprofit Adds Traditional Healers to Health Care Team in Sierra Leone
The best way to prevent another Ebola nightmare from happening in Sierra Leone is simple and low-tech: Build trust.
May 30, 2015 | MambaTV
Talk Show on Ebola Money Features Pulitzer Center Journalist and Reggae
Amy Maxmen was interviewed on MambaTV about donor spending on Ebola, in a special that also includes a reggae song about the Ebola money.
May 29, 2015 | Humanosphere
Lost on the Ebola Money Trail
In trying to figure out where money was spent in the Ebola crisis, I learned just how fragmented and messy global health finance is.
May 28, 2015 | GlobalPost
Q&A: Why Doesn't Aid Go to Nurses?
During the Ebola outbreak, but also before, foreign assistance largely dodged national health systems—including the workforce that comprised them. The WHO's Jim Campbell explains.
May 24, 2015 | Tiny Spark
Tracking the Aid Money: Mission Impossible
Billions of taxpayer dollars go to aid in a crisis, but neither a reporter on Ebola nor an economist looking at Haiti could figure out where the money went.
May 19, 2015 | Newsweek
Sierra Leone: Frontline Health Workers Were Sidelined in $3.3bn Fight Against Ebola
Did NGOs profit from the Ebola epidemic while frontline nurses and other healthworkers went unpaid?
May 03, 2015 | nhpr
A New Hampshire Reporter Gets a Firsthand Look at Sierra Leone
Can a small NGO overcome a centuries-long culture gap to bring pregnant mothers, and the traditional healers those mothers trust, into a health clinic?
April 26, 2015 | Valley News
When Science, Faith Clash: In Sierra Leone, a Deadly Gap Between Ritual and Medical Practices
The world looked down on Sierra Leone's Ebola victims for fleeing medical treatment. But the reasons they fled were not only understandable—they're everywhere, including in the United States.
April 22, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Sierra Leone: Take It All Off! (Thoughts on Ebola, Maternal Care and Willy Wonka)
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling looks at the protective gear that maternal health care workers wear in Sierra Leone.
April 15, 2015 | Valley News
Sierra Leone: Calm Grace in the Busy Streets of Freetown
Trying to convey the humanity of the Freetown residents who use their heads to transport goods safely through the chaotic streets.
April 13, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Sierra Leone: How Ebola Forces Doctors to Turn Away Pregnant Patients
"What have we done?" ask doctors forced to decide how to care for possible Ebola patients.