Ebola, hantavirus… how eroding global health cooperation could threaten worse crises ahead

Ebola, hantavirus… how eroding global health cooperation could threaten worse crises ahead

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, respectively in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, remind us that the next health crisis is never far away. They also illustrate the World Health Organization’s key role in global coordination and the importance of international cooperation for more effective responses. The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a “public health emergency of international c…