How the world stopped Ebola »

New research has found the successful end to the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa was due to a coordinated response and the accepted traditional measures of control used in past outbreaks. Researcher Dr Kamalini Lokuge from The Australian National University (ANU) was part of an international team on the ground during the Ebola outbreak that ended in Sierra Leone in November 2015. "People are always looking for a magic bullet. But we were able to control this particular outbreak by agencies working together and by communities being engaged effectively," said Dr Lokuge from the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. "What Ebola brought to the fore is that you can have resources and implement measures but unless you engage communities effectively then that won't be successful. Ebola Virus Disease is a severe illness usually spread by personal. The World Health Organization recorded more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa during the latest outbreak.
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