"Today,Liberia is a model of successful transition from conflict to post-conflict, from lawlessness to democracy, from despair to hope,"
VOA: standard.2009.08.14
Literally overnight, terminal patients who previously had a real chance to stay alive went fromhopetodespair, consigned to resort to television pitches on news interview programs in an effort to inspire strangers to send in money to fund their life-saving surgeries.
Dr Subhadra Menon is Head, Communication, The Public Health Foundation of India and author of No Place to Go: Stories of Hope and Despairfrom India's Ailing Health Sector, published by Penguin Books.