Report warns of ebola-like ‘epidemic’

Almost 30 countries are highly vulnerable to an ebola-style epidemic which could jeopardise the future of millions of children, a charity has warned.

A report by Save The Children ranks the world’s poorest countries on the state of their public health systems and finds that 28 have weaker defences in place than Liberia, one of the places worst-hit by ebola.

By comparing details such as the numbers of health workers, spending on health and mortality rates, it found Somalia ranks the lowest followed by Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Haiti, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Guinea, Niger, and Mali.