The Significance of Infectious Disease Outbreak Preparedness in Africa

We write with interest to commend the work done ina publication in the Vol. 43 No. 2 (2016) titled'Preparedness of response to deadly outbreaks:lessons learnt from Zambia's deployment to the 2014African Ebola outbreak.'1 The article highlightedhow deployment to an infectious disease outbreakhot spot led to exchange of skills and competence indealing with infectious disease outbreaks. Thisprofessional exchange facilitated knowledgedistribution and technical know-how, preparingZambia to have the expertise in the event that aninfectious disease outbreak takes precedence inZambia.