Ebola Hit Liberia rebuilds devastated child health care system

AFP    by Zoom Dosso                                       april 16, 2015
Monrovia - Estella Verdier keeps vigil by her sick four-month-old grandson's hospital bed, praying for his recovery but placing her faith in the earthly healing powers of Liberia's first ever children's hospital.

A woman sits next to her baby on April 7, 2015 in Liberia's first ever children's hospital, just opened in Monrovia by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), part of the country's response to the daunting challenge of repairing its wrecked health service (AFP Photo/Zoom Dosso)

The 46-bed unit, just opened in Monrovia by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), is part of the country's response to the challenge of repairing its wrecked health service as it emerges from the nightmare of Ebola...

With its Ebola clinics now empty, Liberia's priority is curing the ailing healthcare system.

"We basically decided to come and help the medical system in the effort of restoration after Ebola hit," MSF project coordinator Ondrej Horvath told AFP.

"We were thinking how to do this (so) we sent a small team of specialists who explored Monrovia... One of the suggestions was to focus on children."

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