article_snippet: weak public health systems locally and a painfully slow response globally.
article_snippet: In a scathing new report, published Monday, Doctors Without Borders puts the blame squarely on a "global coalition of inaction" that waited months to respond to the epidemic.
article_snippet: the epidemic proved to be an exceptional event that exposed the reality of how inefficient and slow health and aid systems are to respond to emergencies," said  said Dr Joanne Liu, the organization's international president in a scathing new report, published Monday, "Pushed to the Limit and Beyond.
article_snippet: "For the epidemic to spiral this far out of control required many institutions to fail," said Christopher Stokes, the director general for Doctors Without Borders.  
article_snippet: Local hospitals were overwhelmed.
article_snippet: International response was weak.
article_snippet: A significant challenge remains ahead, Doctors Without Borders says.