As quarantined Ebola victims continue to huddle around clinics in Liberia, the WHO not only entails a responsibility to safeguard and treat them, but also to bring them food. The WHO is working closely with the UN World's Food Program to ensure that safe food sources are delivered to quarantined Ebola victims. But quarantined victims claimed otherwise.
As reports from the WHO states that the Ebola virus outbreak would likely be experienced for months, quarantined victims in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia fear for the disease's aftermath. Because nutrition is one of the most important factors that would likely determine a patient's response to the infection, medical officers and epidemiologist concurred that access to safe food for these victims is critical.
In a statement issued by the WHO, a quite a number of Ebola patients refused to leave home to get access to food. Foods are directly delivered to these individuals. Health workers agree to this scheme emphasizing that with limited movement of these patients, there would be decrease in the chance of further spread of the virus.
Despite the assurances of different government and non-government organizations, abandoned villages among Ebola-stricken areas in West Africa, continue to complain about their need for food and medical supplies. Hunger and death runs rampant through the deserted streets of Liberia. A 30-year old Boya resident grumbled about the lack of food, health supplies, and assistance they greatly need from the government. 'Nobody talks to me and people run away from me,' he said.
Health officials were concerned about the decreased access to food and health supplies among abandoned villages in West Africa. 'If sufficient medication, food and water are not in place, the community will force their way out to fetch food and this could lead to further spread of the virus,' Tarnue Karbbar, a worker at Charity Plan stated.
