Ebola outbreak moving faster than we can control: WHO declares international emergency http://b4in.org/h6x8

As reported earlier, 2014 has seen the worst Ebola outbursts in history. Recent escalations of the outbreaks and spread to other countries like Nigeria has finally prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the Ebola situation a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

The report is meant to raise more awareness to the deadly threats the virus pose to international security and prompt rich countries to take action before its too late.

Ebola outbreak: an international emergency

Although we’re dealing with the worst Ebola epidemic in history, with several outbreaks affecting central African nations like Liberia, Nigeria or Guinea, it’s amazing that only two organizations are actively involved in containing the virus on ground.

One is Samaritan’s Purse, and the other is Doctors Without Borders. Both organizations, despite their best efforts, have their resources strained to the limit and can only do so much.

This has prompted WHO to declare the state of emergency, only for the third time since the new International Health Regulations (IHR), a global agreement on the control of diseases, were adopted in 2005. \

The previous two instances were in 2009, for the H1N1 influenza pandemic, and in May for the resurgence of polio.

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