this ebola fiasco brings to the fore the importance of information, the latter has played a big role in the spread of the same.
at this rate providing electric power and internet is seemingly more vital than even piped water.

coz I speak for the US?

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IMHO, the slow response of the international community WHO and the coincidence of bad conditions all combined with dysfunctional health infrastructure, local beliefs - funeral rites et cetra have complicated the dire situation. I foresee another 2004 Rwanda genocide style regret from Uncle Sam and the useless UN.

Figure this from Dr. Peter Piot: It took 1,000 deaths before a public health emergency was declared by the WHO, and cynically it took two American doctors to become infected......

@Masukuma, is this real?

Liberia has 51 doctors to serve the country's 4.2 million people (an average of 0.1 doctor per 10,000 people) and 136 for Sierra Leone's population of six million (an average of 0.2 per 10,000), according to data compiled by the Afri-Dev.Info health and social development agency.