The African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), in collaboration with the South African government, is sending 23 South African health workers to Ebola affected countries. The health workers, including 20 nurses and three paramedics are expected to depart Johannesburg for Sierra Leone on Friday, 20 February 2015. African Union Commissioner of Social Affairs, Dr Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, commended the South African government for sending health workers, saying that the 835 African medical personnel so far deployed by ASEOWA have impacted positively in reducing both new infections and deaths from Ebola. To look at this we are joined on the line by:
Sarah L. Barber: World Health Organization Representative based in Pretoria South AfricaJoe Maila: South Africa Ministry of Health: Spokesperson:
Dr Pappie Majuba: Chief Medical Officer: Right to Care
