President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Dear World,
In just over six months, Ebola has managed to bring
my country to a standstill. We have lost over 2,000 Liberians. Some are
children struck down in the prime of their youth. Some were fathers,
mothers, brothers or best friends. Many were brave health workers that
risked their lives to save others, or simply offer victims comfort in
their final moments.
There is no coincidence Ebola has taken hold in three fragile
states – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea – all battling to overcome
the effects of interconnected wars. In Liberia, our civil war ended only
eleven years ago. It destroyed our public infrastructure, crushed our
economy and led to an exodus of educated professionals. A country that
had some 3,000 qualified doctors at the start of the war was dependent
by its end on barely three dozen. In the last few years, Liberia was
bouncing back. We realized there was a long way to go, but the future
was looking bright.
Now Ebola threatens to erase that hard work. Our economy was
set to be larger and stronger this year, offering more jobs to Liberians
and raising living standards. Ebola is not just a health crisis –
across West Africa, a generation of young people risk being lost to an
economic catastrophe as harvests are missed, markets are shut and
borders are closed.
The virus has been able to spread so rapidly because of the
insufficient strength of the emergency, medical and military services
that remain under-resourced and without the preparedness to confront
such a challenge. This would have been the case whether the
confrontation was with Ebola, another infectious disease, or a natural
disaster.
But one thing is clear. This is a fight in which
the whole world has a stake. This disease respects no borders. The
damage it is causing in West Africa, whether in public health, the
economy or within communities – is already reverberating throughout the
region and across the world.
The international reaction to this crisis was initially
inconsistent and lacking in clear direction or urgency. Now finally, the
world has woken up. The community of nations has realized they cannot
simply pull up the drawbridge and wish this situation away.
This fight requires a commitment from every nation that has
the capacity to help – whether that is with emergency funds, medical
supplies or clinical expertise.I have every faith in our resilience as Liberians, and our
capacity as global citizens, to face down this disease, beat it and
rebuild. History has shown that when a people are at their darkest hour,
humanity has an enviable ability to act with bravery, compassion and
selflessness for the benefit of those most in need.
From governments to international organisations, financial
institutions to NGOs, politicians to ordinary people on the street in
any corner of the world, we all have a stake in the battle against
Ebola. It is the duty of all of us, as global citizens, to send a
message that we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for
themselves against an enemy that they do not know, and against whom they
have little defence.
The time for talking or theorizing is over. Only concerted
action will save my country, and our neighbours, from experiencing
another national tragedy. The words of Henrik Ibsen have never been
truer: “A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a
single deed.
Yours sincerely,
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