Post-Ebola reforms deserve support

The World Health Organization's new emergencies programme, for example, has a central coordinating role, using procedures established during humanitarian crises to tackle disease outbreaks and helping to strengthen early warning and rapid detection systems. The international community has an op...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2017-02, Vol.356, p.j833-j833
Main Author: Chan, Margaret F C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus
Emergency communications systems
Epidemics
Flavivirus
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Humans
International Cooperation
R&D
Research & development
Vaccines
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Summary:The World Health Organization's new emergencies programme, for example, has a central coordinating role, using procedures established during humanitarian crises to tackle disease outbreaks and helping to strengthen early warning and rapid detection systems. The international community has an opportunity to build on lessons learnt during Ebola and other recent outbreaks, to ensure a cohesive, adequately funded approach to global health security, and to make the world permanently safer.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j833