Global Health Ebola Update 12/22

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The IMF Impact on Health Care
International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies might have played a role in weakening health systems in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, argue the authors of a commentary in the Lancet Global Health.

The authors reviewed IMF policies, sifting through archives of IMF lending agreements between 1990-2014, to back their argument that IMF economic policies required recipient governments to adopt policies that could have emphasized short-term economic objectives over health care investment.
** The Lancet Global Health (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=2b644dd77a&e=9c1fcebfa3(14)70377-8/fulltext)

Approaching 20,000 Cases: The WHO reported a total of 19,031 Ebola cases in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, and 7373 deaths, as of December 19.
** WHO (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=2d1597b039&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: Ebola response in rural Sierra Leone not yet rapid enough – ** Reuters (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=f1f418439c&e=9c1fcebfa3)


Related: Liberia Holds Senate Vote Amid Ebola Fears – ** Associated Press (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=c48be98f40&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: U.N.'s Ebola mission should be closed once battle won – ** Reuters (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=0643325c7a&e=9c1fcebfa3)