id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-296816-mzd1499c Huang, Yanzhong China's Response to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa 2017-01-30 .txt text/plain 5356 277 58 As Beijing becomes more sensitive to disease outbreaks overseas and as the scope of its humanitarian engagement grows and diversifies, the space for China's cooperation with international actors over global health governance is expected to further expand. [4] While visiting West Africa in August 2015, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi noted that China in carrying out its largest ever health aid program in history created multiple "firsts": the Chinese President was the first head of state to commit explicitly to answering the call for help by three Western African countries; China used large chartered airplanes to ship the first batch of badly needed anti-epidemic supplies; China for the first time deployed a whole unit of epidemic prevention forces and military medical staff abroad; China built a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) lab overseas, and set up an infectious disease medical center in another country for the first time. ./cache/cord-296816-mzd1499c.txt ./txt/cord-296816-mzd1499c.txt