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| A billboard warning about Ebola in Bamako, Mali. |
This was originally published on Global Health TV on December 17, 2015
There seemed to be a lot of good global health news in 2015,
especially when compared to 2014, when Ebola was ravaging West Africa and
scaring the rest of the world. In the last 12 months, Ebola has mostly passed, progress
was made against malaria and AIDS and the climate deal in Paris raised hopes
that less climate change could improve global health. Here are what I consider some of the top
global health stories of the year, not necessarily in order of priority:
Ebola on the Decline:
A year ago, Ebola was raging. As of Dec. 16,
there have been 11,315 deaths and 28,640 cases of Ebola. But Ebola has not
disappeared entirely. It re-emerged in Liberia after having earlier been
declared Ebola-free. Dr. David Nabarro, the UN special envoy on Ebola, said
that he expects transmission in Guinea to finish before the end of 2015 and in
Liberia in early 2016. Here’s an
update on Ebola in an interview with Dr. Nabarro.
