Ebola in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This event will examine the 2013-16 West African Ebola outbreak and explore what can be applied to today's era of polycrises, including the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC.
By July 2026, ten years will have passed since the World Health Organization declared the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak over.
Recognising ever-increasing uncertainties in global political order, democratic backsliding, the decline in international assistance and the fact that that epidemics are one aspect – albeit an important one – of an unfolding polycrisis, we ask: What has been learnt, not learnt and unlearnt from the West African Ebola outbreak? What are the implications of this learning, non-learning and unlearning for the current Ebola outbreak in DRC?
The speakers will reflect on these two questions in the light of their disciplinary and practitioner-led expertise.
Talk & Speaker details
- Modelling the current Ebola outbreak in DRC: How helpful are models from past Ebola outbreaks?
- Re-thinking the politics and anti-politics of epidemic control measures
Dr Luisa Enria - Associate Professor (LSHTM)
- Working with UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER): How might this work usefully to inform responses to the current Ebola outbreak in DRC?
- Clinical vaccine trials in Sierra Leone and DRC
- Ebola preparedness and response: WHO regional perspectives
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