Press/Media: Newspaper Article
During the fallout from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people, one of the questions asked of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was why it hadn’t reacted more quickly. The four-month delay in pinning down the cause of the disease that erupted in Guinea’s remote Guéckédou province in December 2013 allowed what might have been a localised event in a single village to turn into the biggest infectious disease crisis of recent times.
| Title | Africa’s missing Ebola outbreaks |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | The Conversation |
| Media type | Web |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| Date | 13/07/17 |
| Description | During the fallout from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people, one of the questions asked of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was why it hadn’t reacted more quickly. The four-month delay in pinning down the cause of the disease that erupted in Guinea’s remote Guéckédou province in December 2013 allowed what might have been a localised event in a single village to turn into the biggest infectious disease crisis of recent times. |
| Producer/Author | Derek Gatherer |
| Persons | Derek Gatherer |