West Africa: What Should We Learn From Ebola Outbreak?

15 April 2014
analysis

The recent outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa has captured international public attention that seems disproportionate to the scale of the outbreak itself.

This is not surprising. Ebola is a communicable disease - that is to say, it is transmissible between humans. In this regard, Ebola is unlike, for example, obesity, which affects c10-30% of adults in Europe and which the WHO has identified as one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century.

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