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Killing Touch: Liberian Public Health Campaign to Prevent the Spread of Ebola

What would you do if you could no longer comfortably touch the people around you? No shaking hands. No hugging. No placing a loving hand on a fevered (sweaty) brow—or caring for a loved one as they die. This is true in West Africa where the Ebola epidemic is exploding, and without outside intervention, an…

October 19, 2014 in Ebola, family, human touch, social health, West Africa.

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