Who is Paul Bres?

Paul Bres, an expert in the virus branch of WHO at Geneva, worked with the Ebola epidemic in Sudan. Despite political upheaval in the area, Bres pushed for samples of disease in order to isolate the cause. Unable to find qualified, willing doctors to go to the area, Bres himself, along with several others, agreed to go, in an effort to investigate the mysterious illness. Once the team arrived, they realized that the burial procedures of the natives, which included the pulling out of the intestines with bare hands, was causing the spread of the disease. To help, Bres and others agreed to take the bodies from the locals, and complete the same burial rites, with protection. Through his efforts, along with others, the Lassa epidemic in Maridi was stopped.