Beyond global North–led response: South–South collaboration at the frontline of Marburg virus outbreak control
Tsion Firew, Finot Debebe, Woldesenbet Waganew, Tesfaye Getachew Shawel, Lemlem Beza, Menelas Nkeshimana, Krutika Kuppalli · 2026
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Tsion Firew and colleagues argue in 2026 that African outbreak know-how should travel directly between African countries, as it did for Marburg virus. Ethiopia confirmed its first Marburg outbreak in November 2025, one year after Rwanda ended its own. The virus kills most of its victims in historic outbreaks and has no approved treatment.
Ethiopian clinicians faced the new threat with little direct experience of the disease. Within a day, their emergency medicine society linked local staff by webinar with Rwandan frontline responders. Rwanda had cut deaths to under a quarter of cases, far below historic rates, through fast learning during care. Peer teaching between neighboring systems may beat waiting for distant expert missions.
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| CREATOR | Tsion Firew, Finot Debebe, Woldesenbet Waganew, Tesfaye Getachew Shawel, Lemlem Beza, Menelas Nkeshimana, Krutika Kuppalli |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |