Queen Fears Ebola Push at Expense of Other Killer Diseases

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Wed, 2014-11-19 18:56 — mike kraft

ABC NEWS Nov. 19, 2014

LONDON --Britain's Queen Elizabeth rarely voices her opinion on social issues, but she has publicly worried that all the attention being given to Ebola was at the expense of other killer diseases, like malaria.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II listens during the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London in this Nov. 9, 2014 file photo. Tim Ireland/AP Photo

The queen reportedly made her comments Tuesday while speaking with David Heymann, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She told Heymann that her doctor informed her there were more people dying from malaria every week than are dying from Ebola, according to Press Association.

"She was afraid that malaria will have a comeback because of the fact people are not paying enough attention to it," Heymann later said.

The palace told ABC News the queen believes that while the response to the disease which has claimed more than 5,000 lives is essential and critical, it should not be to the detriment of fighting other deadly diseases.

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