Learning from Ebola virus: How to prevent future epidemics

Author(s)
Kekulé, A. S.
Pages
9pp
Date published
01 Jul 2015
Publisher
Viruses
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Epidemics & pandemics, Health
Link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26184283

The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone demonstrated that the World Health Organization (WHO) is incapable to control outbreaks of infectious diseases in less developed regions of the world. This essay analyses the causes for the failure of the international response and proposes four measures to improve resilience, early detection and response to future outbreaks of infectious diseases.