Medford Non-profit Helping with Ebola Outbreak
Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a Medford-based global health nonprofit organization, announced this week it will help in the fight to contain Ebola.
According to a statement from MSH, the organization is “mobilizing its expertise and resources at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to help the Ministry of Health develop community care centers for Ebola separate from the health facilities; restore essential health services for non-Ebola patients; and, improve the detection and containment of active Ebola cases in Liberian communities.”
“Emergency response is what happens when preparedness has failed,†said Dr. Jonathan Quick, President and CEO of MSH and the former director of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy at the World Health Organization. “MSH has been helping build locally led and locally run health systems in the world’s poorest regions for over 40 years. Our immediate priorities are to work with government and community leaders to stop a health system collapse in Liberia, to prevent the epidemic from spreading to nearby nations, and to restore Liberians’ trust in their health system.â€
A response team from MSH arrived in Liberia on Monday.
More details about MSH and its efforts are available on the organization’s website.
– InsideMedford.com