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Nigerian Ebola volunteers fly into Liberia, Sierra Leone
BY JAMES HARDING GIAHYUE AND UMARU FOFANA
MONROVIA/FREETOWN Fri Dec 5, 2014
(Reuters) - More than 175 Nigerian medics arrived in Liberia and Sierra Leone on Friday to join the fight against Ebola, the first of 600 volunteers promised by the regional giant which contained its own outbreak earlier this year.
The medics will boost weak local health systems that are also struggling to contain other preventable diseases as Ebola discourages people from going to clinics for fear of contracting the fever.
BY JAMES HARDING GIAHYUE AND UMARU FOFANA
MONROVIA/FREETOWN Fri Dec 5, 2014
(Reuters) - More than 175 Nigerian medics arrived in Liberia and Sierra Leone on Friday to join the fight against Ebola, the first of 600 volunteers promised by the regional giant which contained its own outbreak earlier this year.
The medics will boost weak local health systems that are also struggling to contain other preventable diseases as Ebola discourages people from going to clinics for fear of contracting the fever.