Although treatments for Ebola have helped many people overcome this deadly disease, the virus can persist in the brain and cause a lethal relapse.
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Before COVID-19, clean water, antibiotics and vaccines had made us complacent about infectious disease. Infection control can no longer be taken for granted. We must be prepared for future pandemics.
La gestion internationale des épidémies, consiste parfois à céder leur contrôle à un groupe d'experts étrangers qui possèdent une compréhension superficielle d’une région très complexe.
The delay in finding definitive answers to how novel infectious diseases come about is not unusual. Look at what happened to our search for Ebola virus.
Given the small number of people that have been affected, the threat to the wider community is low.
International epidemic management involves ceding to foreign experts who possess, at best, a surface-level understanding of a very complex region.
In China, the wildlife trade is thriving, driven by the increased demands for luxury goods and traditional medicine. But there is real concern about the threat of diseases that can cross over to humans.
How can nations prevent more pandemics like COVID-19? One priority is reducing the risk of diseases’ jumping from animals to humans. And that means understanding how human actions fuel that risk.
Despite having comparatively poor health infrastructure, African public health practitioners have amassed a wealth of experience of managing epidemics.
President Alpha Condé’s pursuit of mining interests during the Ebola crisis may have foreshadowed his demise as he tightened his grip over power and plundered the state’s wealth.
Sexual exploitation and abuse requires an active rather than passive response.
De nombreux pays africains ont acquis beaucoup d'xpériences en matière de gestion de épidémies de fièvres hémorragiques virales qu'ils peuvent appliquer à celle du virus à Marburg.
The Marburg virus will be present wherever the Egyptian Rousette bat occurs.
Data science infrastructure is sorely needed in many places. Doctors Without Borders brings medical help to nations in need, but similar efforts are relatively small for statistics.
Vaccine manufacturing doesn’t come cheap. It depends heavily on support from developed countries. It also requires much more than relaxing intellectual property rights and a desire for vaccine equity.
Nigeria’s TB Joshua wasn’t just known for his evangelism and controversies. He was also a beloved philanthropist.
Ebola survivors use multiple avenues to address their health needs, which presents a management challenge.
A gender perspective on public health is essential to human rights and safety in crisis situations.
Ebola seems to be able to lay dormant in people for many years before causing disease again.
There are three broad sets of health-related opportunities and benefits that may shape the future of India-Africa relations.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer, Lancaster University
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Principal Medical Scientist (PhD MPH), National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Part-time lecturer at the Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University, and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia
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Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Communicable Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Research Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
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Head of the Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Glasgow
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Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Research scientist, CSIRO
