The disintegration of the health care systems in the affected - TopicsExpress



          

The disintegration of the health care systems in the affected countries is already having a profound impact on the populations health beyond Ebola, as clinics close or become overwhelmed or nonfunctional. These health system effects will only worsen as the epidemic progresses: West Africa will see much more suffering and many more deaths during childbirth and from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV–AIDS, enteric and respiratory illnesses, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and mental health during and after the Ebola epidemic. Indeed, there is a very real danger of a complete breakdown in civic society, as desperate communities understandably lose faith in the established systems.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:39:34 +0000

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