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- Title
Preparedness for Ebola: Can it transform our current public health system?
- Authors
Malik, Mamunur Rahman; Mahjour, Jaouad
- Abstract
The article presents insights on the lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak in dealing with epidemic threats in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Topics covered include the call by the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean to an assessment of public health capacity, the inadequacy of public health systems to respond to a severe health threat and the need for strong political determination to transform the health systems.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; EBOLA virus disease; EPIDEMICS; PUBLIC health; WORLD health
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 8, p566
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Editorial