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Item Rebuilding community trust after attacks on Ebola treatment facilities in DRC: lessons from previous epidemics(Elsevier BV, 2026-05-29) Zumla, Alimuddin I.Throughout human history, outbreaks of new and known highly lethal infectious diseases have evoked fear, suspicion, anger, and social disruption in communities within country of origin and neighbouring regions. \[1\] From plague, smallpox to the influenza, cholera Ebola, Lassa fever, Marburg virus disease, and COVID-19, communities worldwide have often viewed health workers, public health authorities, isolation facilities, and burial teams with mistrust and anxiety. Such reactions should not be attributed to ignorance alone.
