Post-Ebola reforms: Ample analysis, inadequate action

Author(s)
Moon, S., Leigh, J., Woskie, L., Checchi, F., Dzau, V., Fallah, M., Fitzgerald, G., Garrett, L., Gostin, L., Heymann, D.L., Katz, R., Kickbusch, I., Morrison, J.S., Piot, P., Sands, P., Sridhar, D. and Jha, A.
Date published
01 Jan 2017
Publisher
BMJ
Type
Articles
Keywords
Epidemics & pandemics, Health
Link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28115316

In August 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in west Africa a public health emergency of international concern, and the world scrambled to respond. Better preparedness and a faster, more coordinated response could have prevented most of the 11 000 deaths directly attributed to Ebola and also the broader economic, social, and health crises that ensued. In the aftermath of this collective failure, numerous reports were published reviewing what went wrong and how infectious disease outbreaks should be better managed.