https://www.scmp.com/rss/323337/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The 2014 Ebola pandemic offered many lessons but perhaps none more apparent than the need to shift responsibility for public health from nations to the cities within them. The outbreak became a pandemic when the virus gained a foothold in cities, including Monrovia, in Liberia, Conakry, in Guinea, and Freetown in Sierra Leone. Densely packed urban life facilitated an unprecedented number of infections – 30,000, of whom 11,000 died. When the virus reached Lagos, Nigeria – a city of more than 21... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2021556/ebola-pandemic-shows-cities-not-nations-should-lead-public?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2021556/ebola-pandemic-shows-cities-not-nations-should-lead-public?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:03:10 +0000