Five key lessons from the fight against Ebola

HILE COUNTRIES WITH ADVANCED HEALTH CARE systems struggle in the fight against COVID-19, its effects on countries with weaker health systems, including Liberia and other parts of Africa, will be significant. We were directly engaged in Liberia’s Ebola epidemic from 2014 to 2016, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people and resulted in massive economic losses.