contact tracing

A member of a burial team prepares to spray a colleague with chlorine disinfectant in Monrovia.

Despite international aid, some Ebola workers are still ‘on the frontlines with no ammunition’

Health

There are plenty of kinds of workers mobilizing to fight Ebola in West Africa, not just doctors and nurses. They include “contact tracers,” who monitor people and try to get them to respect quarantines. They say they’re still doing a vital job without the tools they need.