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ArticleEClinicalMedicine2026

The recurring Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Africa: the problem is not outbreak response, but failure to sustain preparedness between epidemics.

Chidozie Declan Iwu, Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, Sean Mark Patrick, Charles Shey Wiysonge

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Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Chidozie Declan IwuDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
Chinwe Iwu-JajaCentre for Tropical Diseases and Health, Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sean Mark PatrickSchool of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Charles Shey WiysongeCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, 7501, South Africa.

Funding

Biostatistics, Epidemiologic & Bioinformatic Training in Environmental HealthT32ES015459 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI June T. Spector · 2009 to 2026
$10.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES015459
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PMCPMC13382018

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