EBOLA is a virus that causes severe

bleeding, organ failure and can even lead

to death

Most Affected Countries: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

 First Reporting : January 24, 2014
 WHO declaration : March 23, 2014
 PHEIC : August 8, 2014
 Crisis End : June 2016

 28,600 cases and 11,325 deaths

 21 Days to show symptoms and Virus can transmit during
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 It took 3 months to confirm the EBOLA Case in Guinea
 Governments didn’t ask for aid until the crisis was out of
control
 Leaders were not ready to admit that they failed to handle
the outbreak
 WHO’s involvement was late due to lack of resources
 Once WHO intervened, it managed to restrict the
outbreak to only the 3 countries
 Ebola illustrates gaps in the system
 Medical NATO has been pitched by Jack Chow for future
readiness as Nations can't rely on Non Profits
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 WHO, 3 National Governments, CDC, International
Community
 Full responsibility was not taken by any, so rapid
response got delayed
 Many solutions were proposed, taking time to
implement one
 There was no centralized coordination.
CDC had setup Incident Management System later in the process

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 Coordinated communication is very important during a
crisis
 During the outbreak, the governments were ineffective in
communicating with citizens
 Citizens didn’t trust the foreigners in the country
 Due to this, they didn’t report the illness
 Escalated the outbreak because of this issue

 Lack of reliable data on the spread of virus was a big

challenge
 CDS helped to improve surveillance and to report data
 This data was helpful in decision making

 Local traditions were cause of the issue

 Best way to handle the dead is to bury
 But Local tradition is to cremate, which increased the risk of spread
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 Governments and Leaders should put personal intentions aside
and take decisions for the greater good of the people
 Too many stakeholders involved in decision making process
will decrease efficiency.
 Although multiple stakeholders gives higher diversity, in
emergency situations, it’s good to restrict number of stakeholders to
a minimum
 Communication is very important between all the stakeholders
to implement the plan effectively.

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 https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-
05/evdlessonslearned.pdf
 https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/the-ebola-leadership-
gap-111405
 https://theconversation.com/how-to-manage-in-a-crisis-
lessons-from-the-west-africa-ebola-outbreak-121590
 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/world/africa/guinea-
government-bans-bat-soup-to-halt-ebola-outbreak.html
 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/-sp-liberia-
ebola-crematorium
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ttpHvK6yw
 https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history/2014-2016-
outbreak/index.html