Huffington Post U.K.: Stop Stigmatizing Africans Over Ebola, Says Ugandan Minister Ephraim Kamuntu
“All Africans are being unfairly stigmatized because of Ebola, with the Western world feeling more entitled to high standards on care than victims on the continent, one of Uganda’s most influential politicians has said. Ephraim Kamuntu, Uganda’s minister for the environment, told HuffPost U.K. his government felt like they were seeing the same stigmatization that occurred during the HIV/AIDS crisis happening again…” (Elgot, 11/6).

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