title: The Ebola threat: China's response to the West African epidemic and national development of prevention and control policies and infrastructure.
abstract: There is growing concern in West Africa about the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus. With the increasing global public health risk, a coordinated international response is necessary. The Chinese government is prepared to work in collaboration with West African countries to assist in the containment and control of the epidemic through the contribution of medical expertise and mobile laboratory testing teams. Nationally, China is implementing prevention programs in major cities and provinces, the distribution of Ebola test kits, and the deployment of a new national Ebola research laboratory.
authors.affiliation: 1The Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces,Institute of Disaster and Emergency Rescue Medicine,Tianjin,China.
authors.forename: Hao-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: 1The Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces,Institute of Disaster and Emergency Rescue Medicine,Tianjin,China.
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: 1The Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces,Institute of Disaster and Emergency Rescue Medicine,Tianjin,China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: 2the National Center for Public Health Surveillance and Information Service,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),Beijing,China.
authors.forename: Bi-Ke
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1The Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces,Institute of Disaster and Emergency Rescue Medicine,Tianjin,China.
authors.forename: Shi-Ke
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058872:Epidemics; D005378:Financial Support; D006291:Health Policy; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015980:Public Health Practice
keywords: infection control