RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The UK’s multidisciplinary response to an Ebola epidemic
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 332
OP 337
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-4-332
VO 17
IS 4
A1 Sian Reece
A1 Colin S Brown
A1 Jake Dunning
A1 Meera A Chand
A1 Maria C Zambon
A1 Michael Jacobs
YR 2017
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/4/332.abstract
AB The West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic was the largest and most devastating outbreak of EVD the world has ever seen. Its impact was felt far from the shores of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with public health systems and clinicians across the globe confronted with an international response both in the affected region and within their own borders. The UK had a prominent role in response efforts, particularly in Sierra Leone. This article highlights how UK academic, health service, military, commercial and public health professionals all played a significant role both at home and abroad.