sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
[FONT="]Quartz: Have we done enough in the aftermath of the Ebola epidemic to prepare for the next one?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Panjabi: Where we have blind spots, such as in rural areas, these diseases tend to leap from animals to humans. These are the areas that become hot spots for outbreaks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We know that the Ebola outbreak began with Emile, a two-year-old boy in southern Guinea. The disease spread undiagnosed between December 2013 and March 2014 through dozens of villages and then eventually into many countries causing 11,000 deaths and 28,000 infected. We also know that nearly 70% of all new diseases are zoonotic diseases, which means they originate in an animal species. Zika, HIV, and Ebola are prime examples.
more..
http://qz.com/851626/ted-prize-2017...ping-us-unprepared-to-stop-the-next-pandemic/
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[FONT="]Panjabi: Where we have blind spots, such as in rural areas, these diseases tend to leap from animals to humans. These are the areas that become hot spots for outbreaks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We know that the Ebola outbreak began with Emile, a two-year-old boy in southern Guinea. The disease spread undiagnosed between December 2013 and March 2014 through dozens of villages and then eventually into many countries causing 11,000 deaths and 28,000 infected. We also know that nearly 70% of all new diseases are zoonotic diseases, which means they originate in an animal species. Zika, HIV, and Ebola are prime examples.
more..
http://qz.com/851626/ted-prize-2017...ping-us-unprepared-to-stop-the-next-pandemic/
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