The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, an Ebola outbreak began in Guinea. The country had no formal response system and the outbreak became the largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history. Guinea then completely overhauled their response system, and were able to successfully combat another outbreak in 2021. So what does an effective epidemic response look like? George Zaidan explores how different communities have taken action. This TED-Ed lesson was directed by Gavin Edwards, Movult, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Cem Misirlioglu.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:16.0	Welcome back to Ted Health, it's Dr. Shoshana.
0:19.5	In 2013, the deadly Ebola virus struck Guinea.
0:23.9	The West African country was unprepared for a catastrophe at this scale.
0:28.7	The Ebola sparked a crippling epidemic that lasted for years.
0:33.6	Fast forward to 2021, and Guinea was confronted with the virus once more.
0:38.5	With this time around, they managed to contain the outbreak in just four months.
0:43.7	This radical turnaround wasn't a fluke.
0:46.1	It was a coordinated effort that involved activating emergency centers,
0:50.5	mass vaccinations, and maintaining respect for community practices.
0:55.9	As George Zyden shares in his Ted Ed lesson, there's a critical lesson that we've learned through it all.
1:01.9	Each country's disease response system must be specialized based on the specific disease
1:07.4	and local context. Now, the question is how can we create a flexible, adaptable emergency response
1:14.3	plan to help us battle future global outbreaks around the world?
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1:52.6	Ebola
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