Ebola virus disease in West Africa--no early end to the outbreak.

@article{Chan2014EbolaVD,
  title={Ebola virus disease in West Africa--no early end to the outbreak.},
  author={Margaret Chan},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2014},
  volume={371 13},
  pages={
          1183-5
        }
}
  • Margaret Chan
  • Published 24 September 2014
  • Medicine, Political Science
  • The New England journal of medicine
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone has grown so large and severe primarily because these countries are among the world's poorest. Poverty, dysfunctional health systems, and fear remain formidable obstacles to ending the outbreak. 
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