id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-269702-20sldbte Nkengasong, John N Response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2018-06-14 .txt text/plain 2451 125 50 Thus, this is the first time the DRC Government and partners are Response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo AAA screening. The global health community learned from the 2014-16 west Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak that a speedy response was vital to control the outbreak. 5 At the continental level, within 2 days of declaration of the outbreak the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), which one of us (JNN) leads, had activated its Emergency Operation Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; deployed an advance team of epidemiologists to Kinshasa to assist the Ministry of Heath; and briefed an extraordinary session of the Permanent Representative Committee of the 55 African Union member states. In future, the response to a potential tenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease in DRC must be led by the country's national public health institute. ./cache/cord-269702-20sldbte.txt ./txt/cord-269702-20sldbte.txt