The Ebola outbreak in West Africa: a story of related public health challenges and a pointer to solutions to mitigate the inevitable next outbreak

The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has the world once again gripped by the threat of a zoonotic disease that has spread into several countries. While the underlying factors that have led to an increasing frequency of zoonotic disease outbreaks are complex, including population pressure and ra...

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Published in:	The Pan African Medical Journal
Main Author:	Peter Nsubuga
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Pan African Medical Journal 2014-09-01
Subjects:	ebola public health systems workforce
Online Access:	https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/19/48/pdf/48.pdf

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