Tanzania: Editor's Take - Why Nobody Is Talking About Ebola in Tanzania

editorial

Nairobi — It seemed like a good story. The World Health Organisation had issued an extraordinary statement rebuking the Tanzanian government for its lack of transparency over the Ebola test results of a young doctor who died last month in Dar es Salaam.

The government had ignored repeated WHO requests to hand over samples from patients suspected of possible infection - there were potentially three - for external validation, as recommended by the agency's guidelines.

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