The 17th Plague: The Ebola Emergency and the Systemic Betrayal of the Global South

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda an international emergency, with 80 suspected deaths and the outbreak already crossing borders into Uganda. This tragic and preventable crisis is yet another horrific consequence of a global system that has systematically underfunded and neglected healthcare…