Liberia has fewer than 200 doctors serving some 4m people. Since the outbreak, all of its main public hospitals have shut (some private ones are still working). Death, illness and fear mean that just 50 doctors are continuing to work in the domestic health system. Across the region, cases of malaria, typhoid and cholera are going untreated. Even where hospitals do remain open, patients may be too frightened of catching Ebola to attend.