In most nations of Africa today, epidemic control strategies are dominated by the way health care needs are understood and addressed in the global health arena. A causal connection is exposed here which links (i) the disinformation about African morbidity and mortality promulgated worldwide, (ii) the prejudicial dismissal of locally affiliated African-based expertise, and (iii) the perpetuation of the very conditions that worsen both the mortality and morbidity rates in Africa. The global emergency response to the West Africa Ebola crisis of 2014-2015 is the case detailed as an example.