title: Learning from Ebola Virus: How to Prevent Future Epidemics.
abstract: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone demonstrated that the World Health Organization (WHO) is incapable to control outbreaks of infectious diseases in less developed regions of the world. This essay analyses the causes for the failure of the international response and proposes four measures to improve resilience, early detection and response to future outbreaks of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biosecurity Research, 06180 Halle, Germany. kekule@ibs-halle.de.
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kekulé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D058872:Epidemics; D014943:Global Health; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Ebola; International Health Regulations; WHO; epidemic; infectious diseases