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- Aug 8, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
WHO Declares the West Africa Ebola Outbreak an Emergency
- The emergency committee's declaration came on 8 August 2014, with the outbreak already spreading across borders and into capital cities. [S]
- The 2013-2016 epidemic was the most widespread in the disease's history and hit health workers hardest of all. [S]
- It produced the first licensed Ebola vaccine and a standing rapid-response system; the criticism of how slow the declaration was reshaped the WHO's emergency programme.
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemicen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Aug 8, 2014 ✓· 50% of score
The WHO[2] declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 8 August 2014, following the emergency committee's meeting of 6-7 August.
- [2]85%WHO fact sheet: Ebola virus diseasewho.int· Added Sep 21, 2026· 50% of score
The WHO's standing account of the disease, its fatality rates and the vaccines that came out of this epidemic.
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