The global response to the current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is primarily focused on providing emergency relief, but it must expand to include creating sustainable, longer term health care infrastructure, according to Wharton health care management professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel . The creation of such infrastructure — including physical facilities and training for health care workers — is vital to prepare the affected countries to deal not just with Ebola, but also with other disease outbreaks in future. ” and sustainability are key concepts” in the Ebola response, Emanuel said on the Knowledge at Wharton show on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111 . (Listen to the podcast at the top of this page.) Emanuel emphasized those concepts during his two-year stint (2009-2011) as special advisor for health policy to the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. In that role, he helped shape the Obama administration’s global health initiatives.…