Name: Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war
Uploaded: 2015-02-03T16:00:47Z
Duration: 19 min 1 s
Description: "Ebola threatens everything that makes us human," says Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization. And when the Ebola epidemic exploded in 2014, it caused a worldwide panic. But humanity can beat Ebola -- and Aylward shows four strategies that show how we are succeeding. The fight against Ebola is not yet won, he says, but it can be.

Bruce Aylward: Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war

Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war

"Ebola threatens everything that makes us human," says Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization. And when the Ebola epidemic exploded in 2014, it caused a worldwide panic. But humanity can beat Ebola -- and Aylward shows four strategies that show how we are succeeding. The fight against Ebola is not yet won, he says, but it can be.

Ebola once seemed unstoppable, spreading rapidly and creating fear across continents. In one hard-hit Liberian county, new infections fell to zero for eight weeks after local leaders and health workers joined forces. Four clear strategies—community engagement, case tracking, treatment centers, and safe burials—proved effective. The key lesson is that even the deadliest outbreaks can be ended when local action and global support work in sync.