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nytimes.com - by Sheri Fink - November 22, 2015
In recent months, numerous groups of health experts have gathered to debate how to prevent another crisis like the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which jumped borders, spread fear across the globe, and directly killed more than 11,000 people. Many more died as hospitals and clinics closed for months.
Now two of those groups — one independent and the other convened by the World Health Organization — have released specific recommendations and called for urgent action. Both concluded that the W.H.O.’s outbreak and emergency response capacities should be strengthened and consolidated, protected from political meddling and independently overseen. The health organization is a United Nations agency.
CLICK HERE - EDITORIAL - The Lancet - Ebola: lessons for future pandemics
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Ebola overwhelmed the World Health Organisation
submitted by George Hurlburt
Ebola overwhelmed the World Health Organisation: it must never happen again
At the World Health Organisation’s regional office for Africa, change is afoot across a number of key areas in an effort to prevent another Ebola-like crisis
theguardian.com - by Matshidiso Moeti - November 26, 2015
The Ebola outbreak in west Africa and its devastating toll on human life were stark reminders of the dangers posed by weak health systems. For the international community, the outbreak highlighted the importance of health security and epidemic preparedness, and demonstrated just how quickly local disease outbreaks can become global issues. . .
. . . The next outbreak, whatever and wherever it may be, could present new and even more complex challenges, and we must be prepared. This is not merely an option, it is a mandate.
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