10 African Countries Have No Ventilators. That's Only Part of the Problem.

DAKAR, Senegal -- South Sudan, a nation of 11 million, has more vice presidents (five) than ventilators (four). The Central African Republic has three ventilators for its 5 million people. In Liberia, which is similar in size, there are six working machines -- and one of them sits behind the gates of the U.S. Embassy.In all, fewer than 2,000 working ventilators have to serve hundreds of millions of people in public hospitals across 41 African countries, the World Health Organization says, compar