TY - JOUR T1 - Ebola: A Hyperinflated Emergency JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 178 LP - 182 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00422 VL - 8 IS - 2 AU - Victor K. Barbiero Y1 - 2020/06/30 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/8/2/178.abstract N2 - Key MessagesEbola virus disease outbreaks merit global concern, but worry and response can be hyperinflated.Ebola has killed about 15,266 people globally since 1976. Most recently, 2,267 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). However, these numbers pale in comparison to the under-5 deaths globally and in the DRC over the same period.Global child survival should be considered a public health emergency of international concern.Governments, donors, and multilateral organizations should significantly ramp up support for child survival interventions, including sustained system strengthening.The 2019–2020 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was a tragic and significant threat to thousands of people in the DRC and West Africa in general. As of March 25, 2020, an estimated 3,462 people in the DRC have been infected and an estimated 2,267 people have died from this terrible virus. Since EVD was first characterized in 1976, there have been 38 country-specific outbreaks, including the outbreak in the DRC. The total estimated EVD deaths from 1976 to 2020 is 15,266. The median number of deaths for all 38 outbreaks is 29 with a range of 0 to 4,809 (Table 1).1,2View this table:In this windowIn a new windowTABLE 1. Country-Specific Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak TimelineThe EVD case fatality rate (CFR) can be 0 or reach 100%, depending on the scope and location of the outbreak (e.g., 2011 Uganda [1 case 1 death], Senegal 2014 [1 case, 0 deaths]). Although there are 4 different types of Ebola virus,3 generally speaking, the EVD CFR averages about 50%.4 The 2015 outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone infected an estimated 28,610 people and killed 11,308 with a CFR of approximately 40%. Without question, EVD is an … ER -