GVN Expert Discusses Urgent Need for Greater Global Support to Contain Ebola in Africa

GVN Expert Discusses Urgent Need for Greater Global Support to Contain Ebola in Africa

In a recent interview with Sky News, Prof. Salim Abdool Karim, GVN Center of Excellence Director of CAPRISA in South Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) Special Advisor on Pandemics, and Chair of the Africa CDC Emergency Consultative Group, discussed the growing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the urgent need for coordinated regional and global support efforts. Prof. Karim emphasized the challenges posed by the rare strain, including limited diagnostic capacity, the lack of widely available treatments or vaccines, and the importance of rapid surveillance, contact tracing, and support for frontline healthcare workers to help contain the outbreak before wider international spread occurs.

Watch the interview here: https://news.sky.com/video/more-help-needed-to-limit-ebola-spread-in-africa-13545714