(task) Ebola's Hard Lessons

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On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:43 PM, J. Stephen Morrison, SmartGlobalHealth.org <smorrison@smartglobalhealth.org> wrote:

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> Dear Michael,
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> As September opened, a striking consensus emerged among global health leaders that the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea has transmuted into a colossus that continues to gather force: It is "spiraling out of control" (Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC); “We understand the outbreak is moving beyond our grasp” (Dr. David Nabarro, Senior UN System Coordinator for Ebola Disease ); “The outbreak will get worse before it gets better, and it requires a well-coordinated big surge of outbreak response.” Ebola is “a global threat” (World Health Organization Director General Dr. Margaret Chan); “Six months into the worst epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it. Leaders are failing to come to grips with the transnational threat” (Dr. Joanne Liu, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International President).
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> The CSIS Global Health Policy Center has recently published a variety of media to further the conversation surrounding Ebola. I invite you to read my latest commentary, Ebola’s Hard Lessons.
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> I also invite you to read a recent piece, The Power of Belief: What Polio and Ebola Have in Common, by Dr. Heidi Larson of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, that analyzes the similarities between the current efforts to combat Ebola and the international push to eradicate polio.
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> We have also produced two videos, “The Continuing Ebola Outbreak” and “The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa,” and a Critical Questions. These pieces analyze the history of the outbreak and its impact on our future. In addition, we recently hosted a roundtable with Professor Lawrence Gostin, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Dr. Tim Evans, where Ebola was extensively discussed. As always, I welcome your feedback.
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> As always, I welcome your questions and comments.
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> Sincerely,
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> J. Stephen Morrison
> Senior Vice President,
> Director, Global Health Policy Center
> Center for Strategic and International Studies
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