Ebola response of MSF and 'boiling frog' WHO under scrutiny

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Ebola response of MSF and 'boiling frog' WHO under scrutiny

By Misha Hussain DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A decade ago, scientists would have laughed at the idea of Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern. Ebola, a rare tropical disease, has killed almost as many people in 6 months as in the previous 40 years. Experimental vaccines and treatments are available, but months away from use by the estimated 30,000 people who could have benefited from them, according to Nature magazine.  “I would have laughed if you had said Ebola would be a global public health emergency,” said David Heymann, who was working with the CDC team in 1976 when the deadly virus was first recorded close to the River Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, then Zaire. “Ebola outbreaks can be stopped with a robust response.” Since 1976, 25 Ebola outbreaks have occurred throughout Africa.

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