Shikha Dalmia on how Western Aid Contributed to West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic

Both Nigeria and Liberia were
hit by Ebola. But whereas Nigeria has managed to contain the
disease, in Liberia it has turned into a deadly epidemic. What’s
the difference between Nigeria and Liberia?

Liberia is among the most indebted nations in Africa, notes
Shikha Dalmia, and Nigeria is the least. Its capital, Monrovia, is
crawling with NGOs and the U.N. is already spending $500 million to
maintain a peacekeeping force. In other words, as one African
writer pointed out: “The virus has managed to escape from a country
that has one of the largest concentration of ‘helpers’ in the
world.”

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