But it is only now, four or six months later, that the great machine of the so-called "international community", the United Nations, is lumbering into action.
BBC News - Ebola crisis: Why is the UN response taking so long? - 4 views
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Imagine trying to set up and run a medium sized multinational company. But then imagine trying to set it up in countries with very bad roads and electricity supply, dodgy telecommunications and mostly badly-educated populations
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To establish your "multinational company" you have to do some mundane tasks. You have to bring in people from all over the world. Then you have to feed and house them. You have to get them cars and desks and telephones. You have to make sure each bit of the machine knows what the other bits are doing. And that's before your aid workers can move to the front line and actually do their job.
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Continue reading the main story Ebola has only really hit the big international headlines in the last few weeks. During that same period, readers may well have also heard about the various aid agencies which are helping out. So, a not unreasonable impression may have formed - that there's a big problem, but it's being dealt with.
Brazil's Foreign Policy Ambitions And Global Geopolitics - Analysis - Eurasia Review - 0 views
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Brazil’s Foreign Policy Ambitions And Global Geopolitics – Analysis
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Brazil has been unable to acquire the decisive status it has long desired due to its failure to complement diplomacy with a commanding lead in its military power.
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To gain the military status it desires, Brazil must not only increase investments in an expanded domestic infrastructure, but also must decide to strengthen its military capabilities and improve its cooperation with the United States as well as with the European Union.
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One Year Later, Ebola Outbreak Offers Lessons for Next Epidemic - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The effort has been messy, inefficient and expensive, often lagging the epidemic’s twists in tragic ways.
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Despite difficulty filling positions, the W.H.O. now reports that it has more than 700 people working at 77 field sites, the largest emergency response in its history.
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Charities with no background treating Ebola patients began running hospitals specialized for Ebola care, some of which were built by militaries and others staffed by hundreds of personnel from China and Cuba who were also facing Ebola for the first time and trying to overcome language challenges.
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