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By the time the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the transmission of the Ebola virus in West-Africa in June 2016, the outbreak had claimed more than 11,000 lives and infected almost 29,000 \[[@CR1]\]. During a few months in 2014, the weak and fragile health systems in the three most affected countries, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, were overwhelmed with urgent and radically new challenges \[[@CR2]\]. The fear of contracting Ebola viral disease (EVD), the deaths of health staff \[[@CR3]\], the closure of health facilities, and the disruption of essential health programs \[[@CR4], [@CR5]\] contributed to reduced health service utilization \[[@CR6]--[@CR10]\] and increased all-causes of mortality \[[@CR11]\].

The health system's functions, adaptations, and its consequences for essential health services during the EVD outbreak have been, withACLU sues California for inadequate English instruction

AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren't getting adequate language instruction, according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Under state and federal law, schools are required to teach non-English speakers the language, but by its own records, the state isn't offering English instruction to nearly 20,000 students. The suit alleges that lack of instruction has meant some children had to be held back a grade or live with low proficiency scores because of a language barrier.

The ACLU brought the issue to the attention of the state with a letter in January, and officials say they're working to ensure compliance at the local level.

Attorney Mark