Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, director of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), detailed the botched testing and shipping of samples that delayed the identification of the correct Ebola strain.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus>>>, the Director-General of the World Health Organization>>>, has declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern and is actively involved in coordinating the response, visiting affected areas and urging international action.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum is experimenting with treatments for Ebola, offering hope for the current outbreak.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO Director-General; announced clinical trial start and warned of pandemic threat.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum>>>, medical director of the India — National Geophysical Research Institute>>>, confirmed an American doctor was among the confirmed cases in Bunia.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, has been actively involved in the response, visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calling for international support and a ceasefire to contain the outbreak. He has acknowledged the challenges and the need for community trust.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, a Congolese virologist, highlighted that the Bundibugyo strain complicates the response as existing treatments and vaccines are for the Zaire strain.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, provided updates on the investigation, confirmed cases, and the financial support allocated for the response.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Virologist who helped discover Ebola, criticizing the response as 'slow and ineffective'. His critique is influential.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO Director-General, making multiple visits to DRC, urging scale-up and warning the outbreak is outpacing response. His leadership is central to global health response.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, director of the Congolese National Institute for Biomedical Research, confirmed a positive Ebola case in Goma.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, announced the six-month plan to fight Ebola and called for political commitment and funding.