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Ebola: "The healthcare system is breaking down"

Reality Check: Ebola legacy, falling oil prices, US mid-term results, Razan Ghazzawi

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Thousands of children have been orphaned and health systems shattered

The legacy of ebola

The ebola crisis has meant that diseases such as malaria go untreated, and other health issues are neglected.

Philipp Frisch of Doctors without Borders explains the long term impact ebola will have on the affected countries, and why the problems reach far beyond controlling the disease itself.

The falling price of oil

David Battersby, oil expert at Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers, explains why the price of oil is falling, despite the turmoil in the Middle East.

US mid-term elections

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Poor turnout, and a Republican landslide

Out Washington DC correspondent, Priscilla Huff, discusses the results of yesterday's mid-term elections and what they mean for the future of the United States.

Razan Ghazzawi

Feminist activist, and the founder of the Syrian Women's Network, Razan Gazzawi, worked in Syria until 4 months ago. She was jailed twice, and was forced to flee Damascus and take refuge in a small village in Idlib province where she was the only unveiled woman. She now lives in exile in Turkey, and is in Austria as a guest of the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation. She talks to John Cummins.

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