WHO declared the West Africa Ebola emergency after extensive cross-border spread
Dated 8 August 2014: WHO declared the West Africa Ebola emergency after extensive cross-border spread. In the causal graph this event weakens Ebola outbreak response architecture, a driver that weakens Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 methodology — an improving welfare path.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
No public contributors are listed for this fact.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactWHO declared the West Africa Ebola emergency after extensive cross-border spread
- weakensDriverEbola outbreak response architecture
- weakensIndicators (2)Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 methodology
provisional weight · verified
Weakens · 55% impact strength (driver → indicator)
Observed
71 INDEX · 0.25 above the normal line (2023)
Better than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 69 INDEX to 71 INDEX.
Above normal = better
Strengthens · 50% impact strength (driver → indicator)
Observed
37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Above normal = worse
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- FactWHO declared the West Africa Ebola emergency after extensive cross-border spread
- weakensDriverEbola outbreak response architecture
- weakensIndicatorUniversal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 methodology
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). WHO declared the West Africa Ebola emergency after extensive cross-border spread. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/who-declared-west-africa-ebola-pheic-after-cross-border-spread-2014
https://factrail.ai/facts/who-declared-west-africa-ebola-pheic-after-cross-border-spread-2014
Accessed 15 October 2026.
By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed
Dispute this factNamed here, or represent someone who is? Request a right of reply.