Ebola Flashcards
1
Q
How many casualties were there in the West African Ebola epidemic?
A
- 28,000 infections
- 12,000 deaths
2
Q
How does Ebola spread?
A
- Exposure to bodily fluids of an infected person
3
Q
What is the fatality rate of Ebola?
A
- ~50%
- can vary between 25 to 90% depending on circumstances
4
Q
When did the West African Ebola epidemic take place?
A
- 2013-2016
- in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
5
Q
When is a country declared Ebola free?
A
- When it has been more than 42 days since the last new case of Ebola was declared
6
Q
How was intervention orchestrated against Ebola?
A
- MSF were the first to respond
- opened 15 treatment centres
- brought 1400 tonnes of equipment
- 530,000 protective suits
- WHO declared emergency in 2014
- created $1bn roadmap for controlling outbreak
- EU gave $1bn
- for mobile labs, healthcare provision, vaccine research
- World Bank gave $500 million
- for training health workers
- and reducing economic impact on countries affected
7
Q
What positives came from the intervention against Ebola in Liberia?
A
- Measles vaccinations were deployed
- Disinfectant was more rigorously used
- Hygiene regulations in hospitals updated
- washing of hands
- beds are not shared
- Adverts for good hygiene practices on city walls
- Use of chlorinated handwash
8
Q
How has the culture in West Africa been changed by the Ebola epidemic?
A
- increases in understanding of transmission of diseases
- usage of safe burial teams to bury Ebola victims
- means that some traditions cannot be followed
- deviation from cultural practices can create mistrust of Western aid and medicine
- regular handwashing
9
Q
What potential threats did the Ebola epidemic intervention pose to peoples’ human rights?
A
- Isolating at home after contact with infected or being infected
- at odds with right to freedom
- Schools were closed during the epidemic
- right to education restricted
- some lost 6 months of schooling
- bad considering how limited and poor schooling is in some parts of Africa
10
Q
What concerns are there about Liberia’s future?
A
- Will hospitals be able to continue providing healthcare services to same standard once aid ends?
- What plans are in place to support families who have lost breadwinners?
- 5000 children have been orphaned
- who will support?
- Child labour is on rise
- teenage pregnancies have also spiked
- Airlines have not return to Liberia
- makes facilitating trade and aid hard
11
Q
What sort of things did aid organisations provide during the West African Ebola epidemic?
A
- chlorine supply
- nurses and health workers
- treatment centres
- hazmat suits
- medicine
- food as well
- soap
- water maybe
- knowledge of Ebola prevention measures
- bikes and trucks
