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VP From Stamford-Based AmeriCares Shares Account Of Ebola Outbreak

STAMFORD, Conn. -- The ebola-related death of Thomas Eric Duncan in Texas may have raised concerns here in America, but in Liberia, where thousands have died, feelings have been ratcheted up to legitimate fear, according to Garrett Ingoglia, a vice president of Stamford-based Americares, who visited the country and provided a first-hand account for the Huffington Post. 

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia meets with Masmina Sirleaf of HEARTT Foundation and Garrett Ingoglia and Brian Hoyer of AmeriCares.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia meets with Masmina Sirleaf of HEARTT Foundation and Garrett Ingoglia and Brian Hoyer of AmeriCares.

Photo Credit: AmeriCares

Ingoglia's account is part of a series published by the Huffington Post detailing the threat of the virus with a particular focus on West Africa. 

Ingoglia, who went to Liberia to administer humanitarian aid with Armericares, described the images in Liberia as more understated than one might expect.

It is not a wasteland of devastation with survivors huddled in tents, but rather simple hand-washing stations in front of buildings and murals on walls that depict the deadly virus' symptoms, he told the Huffington Post. 

Click here to read Ingoglia's full account. 

 

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