By: Mark Leon Goldberg on July 31, 2014Ebola is spreading out of control in west Africa. More than 600 people have died, with the outbreak spread across three countries…and counting. There have been ebola outbreaks in the past, but this one is unlike anything the international health community has experienced. Why is this outbreak so hard to contain? What are local and international health workers doing to contain the outbreak? Why is it spreading? And what needs to be done to put it under control? I speak with Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization in Geneva who answers these questions and more. Have a listen! And if you are interested in twice-a-week podcast episodes about global affairs, subscribe on iTunes. Previous episodesEpisode 27: Daniel Drezner, counter-intuitive wonkHow to Negotiate a Gaza CeasefireEpisode 25: Helene Gayle, CEO of CARE, USA. Long-time AIDS-FighterHow Humanity is Winning the Fight Against AIDSEpisode 24: Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Policy Wonk A Migrant’s Story: Why are So Many Children Fleeing to the USA?Episode 23: Live from the UN 2014 (Volume 2); A special edition with a slew of UN officials.Inside the Iran Nuke TalksEpisode 23: Jillian York, Digital Free Speech defenderTurkey’s Strategic Interests in IraqEpisode 22: Live from the UN, 2014 (Vol 1); A special edition, featuring the President of the General Assembly, the UN Ambassadors from Vietnam and Jamaica, the head of the UN Association, and more!The UN’s View of the Iraq CrisisEpisode 21: Thomas Pickering, former Ambassador to the UN, Israel, Jordan, Russia, India and more.Dying for the World CupEpisode 20: Jessica Tuchman Matthews, foreign policy trendsetterEgypt After the Counter Revolution Episode 19: Louise Arbour, human rights pioneer.What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy SpeechEpisode 18: Zalmay Khalizad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN.Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of a Civil War Episode 17: Gov Bill Richardson, he frees hostages.The Foreign Policy Implications of India’s ElectionsEpisode 16: Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the ChildrenWhat Boko Haram WantsEpisode: 15 Laura Turner Seydel, philanthropistEpisode 14: Douglas Ollivant, Iraq expertEpisode 13: Gary Bass, historianEpisode 12: Mark Montgomery, demographerEpisode 11: Kenneth Roth, Human Rights WatcherEpisode 10: Live from the UN, Volume 2.Episode 9: Mia Farrow, humanitarian activist and Goodwill AmbassadorEpisode 8: Suzanne Nossel, Big ThinkerEpisode 7: Live from the UN, Volume 1. Episode 6: PJ Crowley, former State Department SpokespersonEpisode 5: Octavia Nasr, reporterEpisode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy”Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley, filmmaker.Episode 2: Laura Seay, @TexasinAfricaEpisode 1: Heather Hurlburt, national security wonk Discussion comments...
