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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
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Reference: ART-2676-E
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Number of pages: 5
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Geographic Setting: Spain; United States; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Congo; Mali; Senegal; Sierra Leone
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Publication Date: Mar 20, 2015
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Source: IESE (España)
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Type of Document: Article
Description
A year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, most important, appreciating sociocultural norms.