Sirleaf Credits U.S. for Boosting Progress Against Ebola
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told a U.S. Congress' subcommittee hearing that the Obama Administration's support "encouraged the rest of the world to respond to this global crisis".She also said Liberia is sending health workers to Sierre Leone to assist that country's fight again Ebola, adding: "full eradication will not be secured until the whole region is freed from Ebola; until there is prevention against future possible outbreak and until we develop a medicine, both preventive and curative to conquer this deadly disease.".
A Stop Ebola sign along a Monrovia street.
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10 December 2014
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Prepared testimony before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Hearing, which focused on keys to success for the ... see more »
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3 December 2014
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Dr. Paul Farmer (Co-Founder, Partners in Health) testimony before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Hearing, ... see more »
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10 December 2014
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Dr. Anne Peterson (Vice-Dean Public Health Program Ponce Health Sciences University, World Vision) testimony before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations ... see more »
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10 December 2014
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Pape Gaye (President and CEO IntraHealth International) testimony before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Hearing, ... see more »
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10 December 2014
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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- United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Mr. Javier Alvarez (Senior Team Lead, Strategic Response and Global Emergencies Mercy Corps) testimony before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations ... see more »