The 2014 Ebola outbreak was the most severe of its kind in history. At the height of the crisis, there were 800 to 1,000 new reported cases per week in Africa across the three most heavily affected countries — Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. However, huge gains have been recorded in the fight against this outbreak. Liberia was declared Ebola-free on May 9. According to the latest situation report by the World Health Organization, there were only 12 confirmed cases as of the last week of May. Now the question is: What must be done to prevent and mitigate future crises of this nature?