From a small office at the Liberian Red Cross Society's headquarters, a group of resourceful and pragmatic women plan direct and negotiate their National Society's Ebola response. Public health specialists, Neima Candy and Roselyn Nugba-Ballah, are two of these women.
Both joined the operation during the Red Cross' rapid scale up last July. Neima is the national Ebola coordinator, overseeing all health activities, bringing a solid working knowledge of the country's health infrastructure, having worked with the Ministry of Health to restore it following Liberia's wars. Still vibrant from finishing her Master's degree, "I felt like I could bring that drive to this response and have a real impact."
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