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"So far, at least 53 people in Uganda have died of the Sudan species of Ebola virus. Unlike the Zaire species in the West Africa crisis, the Sudan virus has no approved vaccines or therapeutics. Several weeks ago, cases were found among schoolchildren in Kampala. Yet #Ebola response workers meet with denial and resistance, indicating that a fundamental lack of trust is holding back the response.
We also faced these issues in Liberia. We found that contact tracing alone was not enough. To succeed, we had to deputize members of the public — 5,700 of them at the peak of the crisis. We called them active case finders."
