Resuscitating Africa’s Health Care
Recent reports that millions of dollars in aid went missing during the 2014 Ebola crisis has angered many health workers in Africa. But the mishandling of Red Cross money, as outrageous as it is, holds important lessons for how to improve health-care access to and outcomes on the continent.
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FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – In late October, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed what many had long suspected: millions of dollars donated to fight the Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and Sierra Leone had been mismanaged and stolen. The world’s oldest humanitarian organization was “outraged” by the findings, it said.