Will never forget ebola

Now that hand washing and no touching are getting 'protocolised' again, and, international travel is getting tough, I am remembering the ebola that hit Liberia and Sierra Leone, two of the poorest countries in the world, but with some of the most resilient people there are. Liberia and Sierra Leone were made poster children of international peace building, reconstruction and development but with nothing to show for it. Liberia didn't have a single modern equipped, functioning and staffed hospital, despite pouring of billions of dollars from 2003 to 2014. The ebola devastated the populations but communities, churches, mosques, youth, and the women, yes, those strong and head tall Liberian women mobilised and, stopped the ebola. The world shut flights to Liberia (and aid), expats ran away but after almost 2 years of fighting the epidemic it was stopped. The racism that African people were faced with was insulting and awful despite that Liberia and Sierra Leone are 2 of 52 African states. Will never forge the ebola time and, how much it was clear that modern, state of the art, and universal healthcare is a right for all people , not just those who can afford it.