The two viruses are nowhere similar—but the fight against ebola holds valuable insights for the fight we're in today, and the fights to come.
Four months – that's the time it has taken for the coronavirus known as COVID 19 to become a global pandemic, change the face of global health and disrupt the daily lives of people around the world.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo , began in 2018 and has infected more than 3,300 people over the last 18 months. Ebola was exacerbated by a weak health system and decades of conflict, the response required a level of planning and coordination that is urgently needed now. With more than 300 million children already out of school, millions of adults working from home or facing economic hardship, mental health has to be factor into our response. From Syria and Yemen to the DRC, I have witnessed the toll emergencies can have on mental health where fear, anxiety, and stigma become part of daily life.Crises do not impact men and women the same way.
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