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Abubakarr Fofanah

The WHO describes Ebola as the most severe acute public health emergency in modern times. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Dr. Abubakarr Fofanah, can the world win the war against Ebola?

Is the world winning the war against Ebola? The World Health Organisation describes it as the most severe acute public health emergency in modern times and reckons there could be ten thousand new cases each week in west Africa by December unless international efforts are stepped up to tackle its spread. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Dr. Abubakarr Fofanah: the health minister of one of the nations fighting Ebola on the frontline: Sierra Leone.

30 minutes

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Mon 3 Nov 201421:30GMT
BBC News except UK & UK HD

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Credits

PresenterZeinab Badawi
Interviewed GuestAbu Bakarr Fofanah

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Nov 201404:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Mon 3 Nov 201409:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Mon 3 Nov 201416:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Mon 3 Nov 201421:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD