Breastfeeding mothers and their babies have largely been neglected in Ebola research. This needs to change.
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Nigeria needs to step up disease prevention and control and decentralise disease surveillance as the US pulls donor funding.
The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
Although treatments for Ebola have helped many people overcome this deadly disease, the virus can persist in the brain and cause a lethal relapse.
Nurses on the front lines of a pandemic need education, training and institutional support.
Given that some people look to religious authorities not health officials in times of crisis, faith leaders can promote hand-washing and social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The biggest lesson has been that controlling a disease outbreak like Ebola is impossible without community trust and engagement.
Experiences dealing with previous outbreaks of infectious disease can help countries with weak health systems prepare for new health emergencies.
Immigrants experienced stigma and blame during the Ebola crisis when in fact many were instrumental in stopping the spread of the disease. A scholar who studied that response offers insights.
The web or network of exposed people can quickly grow from one case if steps aren’t taken early to avoid further onward transmission.
The current outbreak refuses to give in to efforts by an international team of health care workers, armed with vaccines and treatment that did not even exist during previous episodes.
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What does this mean for the outbreak response?
Borders are porous between North Kivu province of the DRC and neighbouring countries, so the potential for spread is highly likely.
The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is devastating vulnerable communities already affected by displacement and violence.
The high stress conditions of an outbreak can spread a dysfunctional culture among those working to fight it. A survey after the 2015 Ebola epidemic quantified the issue – and suggests a better way.
Four new Ebola treatments are being tried out in the DRC.
Without the current experimental vaccine the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to spiral out of control.
Banning travel might not always be the best way to respond to a disease outbreak.
Cuban doctors have specific expertise in dealing with diseases like malaria which remains a major problem in Kenya.
Recent discoveries of ancient viruses are helping scientists understand their origins.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Research scientist, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Communicable Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher, MRC-Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
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Head of the Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Principal Medical Scientist (PhD MPH), National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
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Science Writer, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of English and Women's Studies, Duke University
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WorldPop Director, Professor of Spatial Demography and Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Professor in Mathematical Biology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University