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Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic: What Can the World Learn and Not Learn from West Africa?

With over 4,500 deaths and counting, and new cases identified in two developed countries that are struggling and faltering in their handling of the epidemic, the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic is unlike any of its kind ever encountered. The ability of some poor, resource-limited, developing...

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Autores principales: Azuine, Romuladus E., Ekejiuba, Sussan E., Singh, Gopal K., Azuine, Magnus A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621980
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description With over 4,500 deaths and counting, and new cases identified in two developed countries that are struggling and faltering in their handling of the epidemic, the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic is unlike any of its kind ever encountered. The ability of some poor, resource-limited, developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa to efficiently handle the epidemic within their shores provides some lessons learned for the global health community. Among others, the 2014 EVD epidemic teaches us that it is time to put the “P” back in public and population health around the world. The global health community must support a sustainable strategy to mitigate Ebola virus and other epidemics both within and outside their shores, even after the cameras are gone. Ebola virus must not be called the disease of the poor and developing world.
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spelling pubmed-49481662016-09-12 Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic: What Can the World Learn and Not Learn from West Africa? Azuine, Romuladus E. Ekejiuba, Sussan E. Singh, Gopal K. Azuine, Magnus A. Int J MCH AIDS Commentary With over 4,500 deaths and counting, and new cases identified in two developed countries that are struggling and faltering in their handling of the epidemic, the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic is unlike any of its kind ever encountered. The ability of some poor, resource-limited, developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa to efficiently handle the epidemic within their shores provides some lessons learned for the global health community. Among others, the 2014 EVD epidemic teaches us that it is time to put the “P” back in public and population health around the world. The global health community must support a sustainable strategy to mitigate Ebola virus and other epidemics both within and outside their shores, even after the cameras are gone. Ebola virus must not be called the disease of the poor and developing world. Global Health and Education Projects, Inc 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4948166/ /pubmed/27621980 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Azuine et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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