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Ebola problems highlighted in Sierra Leone

Many cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone may be going undetected, grassroots doctors warn as they highlighted the impoverished country’s problems in combating the virus.

The medical journal The Lancet on Saturday published a letter from the doctors on the heels of ministerial talks in Ghana, where a senior UN health official on Thursday said the outbreak in West Africa, the worst in the history of Ebola, may persist for several more months.

Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world, suffers a chronic lack of doctors, diagnostic tools, a disease-monitoring network and even clothing to protect health workers, the letter said…

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