More than six months have passed since the Ebola epidemic was officially declared in Guinea. In this time, very little help has come from African institutions, individuals and non-governmental organisations. Finally, African businessmen and the African Union (AU) are now joining the international effort to help the thousands of victims of the dreaded virus.
Last week, a team of 30 health workers from Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria left Addis Ababa for Liberia to assist the country at the epicentre of the epidemic. They are the first batch of AU volunteers led by Julius Oketta, a former major general from Uganda.
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