GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - June 2016

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This month, the magazine is about Ebola. The media has stopped talking about it. And West Africa will feel the effects - social, cultural and economic – for many years. We take a critical look at the humanitarian response and problems with the health systems. Ebola is not a new disease – it’s been around since 1976 – so why did more than 11,000 West Africans die 2014 - 16? Did we learn the right lessons? And is Sierra Leone ready if the virus returns?

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Here's a 1.5 - 2hour lesson including the quiz + infographic, several of these stories and short videos:

This is the main article - read about Sierra Leone after Ebola - did we learn the right lessons?:

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Mamie Lebbi was the first person in Sierra Leone to have Ebola. Read how she survived:

It's almost impossible to find the graves of family members who died from Ebola - this is the story of one woman looking for her father's grave:

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Why did so many teenage girls get pregnant in the Ebola crisis? Read about some of them:

Read about the Tripoli Boys who live in a slum in Sierra Leone and helped to stop Ebola:

A student in Sierra Leone waited weeks and months before he could touch his new girl friend! Read his story:

Many women were sterilized by force in Peru twenty years ago. The government didn't agree that they were responsible. Now they are trying to get compensation:

Do you want to find out more about Ecuador? Read this information and facts about the country:

From the web:

There's a new government in Brazil. Artists don't like it, so they are protesting:

Look at this photo story - the refugees at the Idomeni camp on the border between Greece and Macedonia. Now the border has closed, not many people remember the refugees there:

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From this month's blogs:

There is more racism now in the UK. Read about how to help stop it and support people who suffer:

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Read about how the Mexicans are fighting Donald Trump!

Showing Trump what we think of him

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Brazil is the most dangerous country in the world for people who fight against human rights - read about Nilce, who protested against the building of a dam: