West Africa: Ebola Q+A - Why Is This Outbreak So Severe?

12 August 2014

London — The largest ever outbreak of Ebola shows no sign of abating, and attempts to contain it have so far met with little success.

People are avoiding medical centres for fear of catching Ebola, and dying of treatable diseases like malaria and diarrhoea as a result.

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