Pandemics are large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease that can greatly increase
morbidity and mortality over a wide geographic area and cause significant economic, social …

Greater human mobility, largely driven by air travel, is leading to an increase in the
frequency and reach of infectious disease epidemics. Air travel can rapidly connect any two …

The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[1] was first reported in December 2019 by …

Executive summary The west African Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 exposed deep
inadequacies in the national and international institutions responsible for protecting the …

The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in both its scale and
impact. Out of this human calamity has come renewed attention to global health security—its …

For almost 50 years, ebolaviruses and related filoviruses have been repeatedly reemerging
across the vast equatorial belt of the African continent to cause epidemics of highly fatal …

After Ebola in West Africa — Unpredictable Risks, Preventable Epidemics | New England Journal
of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

Summary During 2014–2016, CDC, working with US and international partners, mounted a
concerted response to end the unprecedented epidemic of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in …

The differential spread and impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), across regions is a major …

The Nigerian society is rapidly becoming urban as a result of a multitude of push and pull
factors. This has generated urban health crises among city dwellers notably the urban poor …