Jonathan Lambert
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But the agency is also prompting countries to think about a future that's less reliant on foreign aid.
In part, that would require governments to change tax policies to generate more revenue to spend on health care.
WHO is also calling on countries to expand insurance access to ensure that more people can get that care.
Since the Ebola outbreak began in late August, 45 people have died from the disease.
At least 64 more have been sickened by the virus, which can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding.
But for nearly three weeks, no new cases have been reported, according to the World Health Organization.
Officials say the rollout of Ebola vaccines to contacts of cases, as well as to health care workers, helped slow the spread.
More than 18,000 people have been vaccinated so far.
The outbreak will be declared officially over if 22 more days pass without a new case.
To me, though, health isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I picture a vulture hunched over the rancid, rotting flesh of a dead cow, tearing strings of lifeless meat from bone until there's nothing left.
And scavengers' taste for that rotting stuff actually has major benefits for human health, which is maybe best conveyed by a little story.
Okay, so we're going to India.