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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

Partners have provided international health care and public health support to control Ebola outbreaks since 1976. Many international agencies and non-profit organizations have substantially contributed to Ebola outbreak response.17

At the beginning of the 1976 DRC (then Zaire) outbreak, the Zairean national response team requested assistance from Belgian (Fons Medical Tropical) and French medical personnel.17 Likewise, the government of Sudan requested assistance from the WHO during the concurrent outbreak in Sudan.18 Viral analysis of clinical samples from both outbreaks was carried out by the WHO, the UK, USA, and France.17,18 In 1979, a multidisciplinary international study team was formed by the U.S. CDC, France’s Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, and the WHO, to conduct research on the origins of EVD. This team sampled over 1,600 animals with follow-on laboratory testing to search for an animal reservoir of EBOV.17

During the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which primarily affected Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the international community provided support to those countries. 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; Médecins Sans Frontières (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