Military operations in Ebola-affected camps should require advance coordination with health authorities

Population-level health initiatives, disease prevention, and health promotion.

Field of international medicine and policy concerned with health challenges that transcend national borders and require multilateral responses. Encompasses disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, health systems strengthening, and the global governance of medicines, vaccines, and public health standards.

Thousands fled the Kigonze displacement camp after security forces entered and clashes followed. Health officials said many Ebola contacts had lived there and only a fraction had been traced; a transit centre for suspected cases was also destroyed.