Strengthening the detection of and early response to public health emergencies: lessons from the West African Ebola epidemic

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
² O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
³ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America; Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Mark J Siedner et al. PLoS Med. 2015.

. 2015 Mar 24;12(3):e1001804.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001804. eCollection 2015 Mar.

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
² O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
³ O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America; Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Abstract

Mark Siedner and colleagues reflect on the early response to the Ebola epidemic and lessons that can be learned for future epidemics.

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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