More Support Needed for Local Health Workers Responding to Ebola, Advocates Say

In a recent article with the Humanosphere Blog - a leading source for original commentary on major global health issues - the Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) highlighted the need for increased support for local health workers responding to Ebola. Although stories about the life-saving efforts of foreign health workers have dominated recent Ebola-related news coverage, policy recommendations recently released by the coalition remind us that the unique challenges facing local West African health workers must not be forgotten during this unfolding crisis.

“The biggest gap in what is going on now is there has been quite a bit of attention paid to the needs of foreign health workers and volunteers. There needs to be a lot more focus on what is happening in the local health work force,” said Vince Blaser, deputy director at the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, in an interview with Humanosphere.

The full article continues at: http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2015/01/support-needed-local-health-workers-responding-ebola-say-advocates/