Confronting the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa

Conference Call — October 23, 2014 — min

Confronting the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa

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John Campbell, CFR's Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies, discusses the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the global response to this health crisis, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

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Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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