4.3 - Ebola

Question 1

West African Ebola

Answer 1

Hemoragheic fever with fatility rate of 50% (25%-90%)
Spread through exposure
Intermittent regional outbreaks in SubSaharan Africa
African Epidemic (2013-2016) - Guinea, Liberia, SIerra Leone –> 28,000 infections & 12,000 deaths
However, how long term is this success?

Question 2

Ebola Stats

Answer 2

26k infected
11k dead

Question 3

Biggest Barriers To Aid

Answer 3

Fear of reporting to authorities and mistrust of international aid workers
Hazard Fatigue - 24/7 of strong precautions
Denial by hard core of population

Question 4

Intervention

Answer 4

Medicine Sans Frontierers first to respond - 15 centres, 8500 patients, 1400 tns of equipment.
WHO -declared emergency in 2014 and $1bn roadmap
EU - $1 billion towards mobile labs, healthcare provision, vaccine research
World Bank - $500 million training healthcare workers and gelping countries with economic impact

Question 5

Moving Forward

Answer 5

Remove politiciised aid
Manage aid
Focus on health and education
Provide aid regionally e.g. shared goals
Both top-down and bottom-up schemes are necessary