What We Can Do to Stop the Next Pandemic
Sometimes global aid isn’t enough to stop disease.
Can the global health system stop Ebola? The answer has more to do with Samuel Kazirharo than you might expect.
Kazirharo is a war-weary 44-year-old who lives in the Bulengo displaced-persons camp, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This summer he was struck by malaria, like many men in Bulengo. Fevers and chills stole 10 pounds from his frame and a month's income from his pocket. Responding to a rash of cases, Doctors Without Borders rushed to test and treat patients. But it couldn't give Kazirharo a bed net to replace his shredded one: Its nets were earmarked for pregnant women, and getting other organizations to step in was achingly slow.
"The first battle is, they have to agree on the
