Lessons from the Ebola Crisis on Dealing with Covid-19 in Developing Countries

Vox Talk with economist Oendrila Dube

In this Vox Talk, Oeindrila Dube discusses an experiment she had been running in Sierra Leone for community health outreach, and how helpful those interventions were during the Ebola outbreak. From April 9, 2020.

Description from VoxEU:

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone affected an area which included a pioneering experiment in community healthcare. Oeindrila Dube tells Tim Phillips about the lifesaving impact of this experiment - and two important lessons we can learn that may help to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Africa.

- Oeindrila Dube and Tim Phillips, © VoxEU.org

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