Citation

Levett J. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2015; 30(3): 227-228.

Affiliation

National School of Public Health,Department of Health Service Management,Athens,Greece.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X15004689

PMID

25882131

Abstract

Response to the Ebola crisis (ongoing event) has been less than efficient. It has been monitored less than adequately by the international community and has been coordinated poorly in the USA. The event is used as a platform to examine deficiencies in public health infrastructure, the limits of its political and financial support, and how political outcomes can be affected. The need to tease out the political determinants implicit in policy failure and disaster management is argued in this Editorial. Failures mentioned include in the Balkans and in Greece with ongoing austerity. Comments on the real heroes of Ebola on the ground in Africa and the need for a charismatic role for political leaders in public health are also included. Levett J. Disastrous events and political failures. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015;30(3):1 2.

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