The Ebola Outbreak Exposes Global Health Inequities The World Health Organization's latest assessment of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with global health trends over the past few decades.
The WHO's declaration that the outbreak is a "global emergency" and has surpassed 5,000 cases serves as a stark reminder of systemic failures allowing this virus to spread at an unprecedented speed.
The numbers are staggering: more than 2,320 people have died, with thousands more infected.