Guinea: Ebola Crisis 'Permeates Every Aspect of People's Lives' in Guinea, UN Warns

9 October 2014

Urgent support is needed to avert an "economic meltdown" in Guinea, where the Ebola crisis is destroying lives, jobs and essential services, leaving exports of fruits and vegetables down 90 percent, the airport two-thirds empty and container traffic to its key port down by a third, according to the United Nations.

"The health crisis in Guinea, one of the three most seriously affected countries, now permeates every aspect of people's lives," said Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Director of Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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