'If we are to defeat Ebola and other diseases that threaten global health security, we must take steps to resolve the conflicts that create a favorable environment for the spread of disease,' writes Mary Ann Peters for CNNOpinion
Mary Ann Peters is chief executive officer of The Carter Center. She was the US Ambassador to Bangladesh from 2000 to 2003. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion at CNN.
The World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health recently announced that new treatments appear to sharply increase the survival rate for people who have contracted Ebola. The tests were conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak of this highly contagious disease has already cost 2,000 lives.
But medical progress—as encouraging as it is-- alone will not defeat Ebola. To beat this disease, medical practitioners need to be able to reach the at-risk people where they live. And in northeastern DRC, those people are living in a war zone. Unless we prioritize peace, we will not reap the full benefit of scientific breakthroughs like the new treatments for Ebola.
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