International Experts Urge WHO to Declare Ebola in DRC a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
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An international group of public health and legal experts, writing in The Lancet, is calling on the WHO to reconvene its Emergency Committee and consider declaring the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (PHEIC). The experts argue that the outbreak, which began in August 2018, meets the criteria for a PHEIC due to its severity, geographic spread, and challenging response conditions including armed conflict and community mistrust.
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Writing in The Lancet, (Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Time to Sound a Global Alert?)
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