Article Summary
Ebola is escalating throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) announces all countries must work together to control the disease relying on basic public-health measures. The WHO also recommends all countries to do preparation to detect and manage Ebola cases, and to manage travelers who come from known Ebola-infected areas with unexplained symptoms.
3 UK-based international health experts made a cocktail of antibodies against Ebola. However, it involves ethical concerns of using untested treatments against the outbreak. This is the first time of using untested medications in an outbreak, it has potential harmfulness to people, or it may worsen the situation.
Besides innovating curing method, how infected individuals can get proper help from the international is also very important. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, head of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota in Minnneapolis, suggested building trust can convince communities to work with health officials, and then more people would like to get help from others, so as to control the epidemic situation.
3 UK-based international health experts made a cocktail of antibodies against Ebola. However, it involves ethical concerns of using untested treatments against the outbreak. This is the first time of using untested medications in an outbreak, it has potential harmfulness to people, or it may worsen the situation.
Besides innovating curing method, how infected individuals can get proper help from the international is also very important. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, head of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota in Minnneapolis, suggested building trust can convince communities to work with health officials, and then more people would like to get help from others, so as to control the epidemic situation.