尽管有数百人丧生，更多人患病，但政府、非政府组织、当地社区 — — 包括红十字会运动支持的国家红十字会 — — 共同组织的集体响应还是遏制了疫情。
Although hundreds died and many more became sick, the collective response managed by governments, NGOs, and local communities, including the national Red Crescent Societies supported by the Red Cross movement, contained the disease.