RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Responding to ever-changing epidemiological dynamics of Ebola virus disease JF BMJ Global Health FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP e000180 DO 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000180 VO 1 IS 3 A1 Maehira, Yuki A1 Kurosaki, Yohei A1 Saito, Tomoya A1 Yasuda, Jiro A1 Tarui, Masayoshi A1 Malvy, Denis J M A1 Takeuchi, Tsutomu YR 2016 UL http://gh.bmj.com/content/1/3/e000180.abstract AB With the incidence and mortality rates of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone now at zero and reports of the largest and most complex EVD outbreak in history no longer on the front pages of newspapers worldwide, the urgency of that crisis seems to have subsided. During this lull after the storm and before the next one, the international community needs to engage in a ‘lessons-learned’ exercise with respect to our collective scientific, clinical and public health preparedness. This engagement must identify pragmatic, innovative mechanisms at multinational, national and community levels that allow research and development of next generation diagnostics and therapeutics, the safe and effective practice of medicine, and the maintenance of public health to keep pace with the rapid epidemiological dynamics of EVD and other deadly infectious diseases.