Ebola response: What needs to happen in 2015

Much was learned during 2014. The epidemic in West Africa – the largest and longest in the nearly four-decade history of this disease – yielded greater clinical understanding of the pathology of Ebola virus disease and ways to improve survival rates jumped ahead. We have gained much greater understanding at the operational level: what specific packages of control interventions will have the greatest impact on getting transmission down?

Scientific research about the disease escalated dramatically, as has research and development to develop new medical products for prevention, treatment and possibly cure.