Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
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"An Epidemic of Suspicion — Ebola and Violence in the DRC"

The New England Journal of Medicine

Until the 2014 Ebola epidemic in  West  Africa,  Ebola  out-breaks had been sporadic, small, and  largely  confined  to  isolated  rural  villages  in  Central  Africa.  But the 2014 epidemic broke all the  rules  and  killed  more  than  15,000 people; since then, more outbreaks  have  been  reaching  larger  urban  centers,  sometimes  resulting in uncontrolled spread.