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Mon, 2015-11-23 20:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nytimes.com - by Sheri Fink - November 22, 2015

In recent months, numerous groups of health experts have gathered to debate how to prevent another crisis like the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which jumped borders, spread fear across the globe, and directly killed more than 11,000 people. Many more died as hospitals and clinics closed for months.

Now two of those groups — one independent and the other convened by the World Health Organization — have released specific recommendations and called for urgent action. Both concluded that the W.H.O.’s outbreak and emergency response capacities should be strengthened and consolidated, protected from political meddling and independently overseen. The health organization is a United Nations agency.

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CLICK HERE - WHO - Advisory Group on Reform of WHO’s Work in Outbreaks and Emergencies with Health and Humanitarian Consequences

CLICK HERE - WHO - First report of the Advisory Group on Reform of WHO’s work in outbreaks and emergencies (20 page .PDF report)

CLICK HERE - Independent panel of global experts calls for critical reforms to prevent future pandemics

CLICK HERE - The Lancet - Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola

CLICK HERE - EDITORIAL - The Lancet - Ebola: lessons for future pandemics

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Sat, 2015-11-28 18:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by George Hurlburt

Ebola overwhelmed the World Health Organisation: it must never happen again

At the World Health Organisation’s regional office for Africa, change is afoot across a number of key areas in an effort to prevent another Ebola-like crisis

theguardian.com - by Matshidiso Moeti - November 26, 2015

The Ebola outbreak in west Africa and its devastating toll on human life were stark reminders of the dangers posed by weak health systems. For the international community, the outbreak highlighted the importance of health security and epidemic preparedness, and demonstrated just how quickly local disease outbreaks can become global issues. . .

. . . The next outbreak, whatever and wherever it may be, could present new and even more complex challenges, and we must be prepared. This is not merely an option, it is a mandate.

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