Ebola Response Hampered By Limited Air Travel

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Jackie Northam
All Things Considered | Sep 15, 2014

One of the major barriers keeping aid workers out of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea is limited and unpredictable air travel. Many airlines don't want to have their crews overnight in an Ebola area or send them to a place where they can't get adequate health care if something goes wrong.

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