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Haitian volunteers have been barred from departing for African countries hit by the Ebola virus by their government, according to Reuters.
A statement signed by the Ministers of Health, Interior and Defense was released after news appeared on social networks that the United Nations was recruiting volunteers to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
In the document dated Oct. 2, the ministers forbade any agency to organize recruitment of Haitian volunteers, including the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).
The ministers called for "the common sense of every citizen to avoid other more dramatic situations than what we have experienced in the recent past."
The announcement was made "to restore the confidence of our citizens," said Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume. "It may be much stronger than necessary but think of those citizens who have been so traumatized, after the earthquake, after cholera, and after chikungunya. We can not afford to take an additional trauma."
#Haiti #Ebola
A statement signed by the Ministers of Health, Interior and Defense was released after news appeared on social networks that the United Nations was recruiting volunteers to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
In the document dated Oct. 2, the ministers forbade any agency to organize recruitment of Haitian volunteers, including the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).
The ministers called for "the common sense of every citizen to avoid other more dramatic situations than what we have experienced in the recent past."
The announcement was made "to restore the confidence of our citizens," said Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume. "It may be much stronger than necessary but think of those citizens who have been so traumatized, after the earthquake, after cholera, and after chikungunya. We can not afford to take an additional trauma."
#Haiti #Ebola
