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Ophans and Ebola: Estimating the Secondary Impact of a Public Health Crisis

This working paper reviews data from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leona to estimate the likely number of children who will be orphaned as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease. The estimates are intended to guide policy to support family networks to improve the capacity to provide high quality care to orphans.

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Author(s): 
David K. Evans, Anna Popova, World Bank Group Africa Region
Year of Publication: 
2015
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Resource Type: 
Gray literature
Language: 
English
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