Partners have provided international health care and public health support to control Ebola outbreaks since 1976.A comprehensive effort was conducted by 60 international government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including: The U.S. Government (U.S. CDC, U.S. DoD, and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]); the European Union; Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF); the WHO; the World Bank, the United Nations (UN) World Food Program; the UN Development Program; the UN International Children's Emergency Fund; the African Union; the African Development Bank Group; and many others.19

More recently, decentralized Ebola treatment in the DRC was promoted by a coalition of NGOs, MSF and the Senegal-based Alliance for International Medical Action.20 This initiative establishes community-based local Ebola diagnostic centers in areas where Ebola transmission is known to occur.Such additional medical assets help strengthen the existing health care system and provide early detection rather than a reactive response to disease notification