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The Hidden Barrier
Africa’s real need for successfully fending off epidemics like Ebola? End corruption, argues Laura H. Kahn in a well-reasoned op-ed for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (there’s a pub we don’t often cite. Good find, Dayna!).
As corruption increases, sanitation and health decrease, Kahn argues, citing an ** interesting report from Transperancy International (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
. She notes that Liberia has received billions in aid support for more than a decade but it has made little difference in people’s lives. Not coincidentally it is near the bottom of the UN Human Development Index and ** Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
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Change, Kahn argues, requires “leadership, disincentives, transparency, and accountability.”
** Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
Related: Is the world ready for an Ebola vaccine? – ** The Lancet (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
Related: Prediction: All Predictions About Ebola Are Unpredictable – ** NPR Goats and Soda (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.
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