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Disease outbreaks can be associated with school closures, food insecurity, and health system disruptions
In a 2018 study, researchers describe the devastating and far-reaching impacts of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including more than half a million people experiencing food insecurity, school closures lasting more than 7 months, tens of thousands of children orphaned, and a huge proportion of the health workforce killed by the disease, leading to infant, maternal, and child deaths due to a lack of skilled health workers and a 97% reduction in surgical capacity.
Huber C, Finelli L, Stevens W. 2018. The economic and social burden of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. JID. 22(5).
The impact of disease outbreaks on health systems and governments can cost billions of dollars
In a comprehensive accounting of the costs of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Huber et al. estimate the economic and social costs to have been US$53 billion, of which US$18.8 billion was attributed to non-Ebola deaths.
Huber C, Finelli L, Stevens W. 2018. The economic and social burden of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. JID. 22(5).