Ebola as a disease is not a new phenomenon.
It was first seen or ‘discovered’ back in 1976 when there was a simultaneous
outbreak in the African countries of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of
Congo. One of the villages where the first outbreak occurred was in the village
of Yambuku, which is situated close to the river Ebola, thus showing how the
disease got its name.
The current strain of the disease broke out
back in March of this year in Guékédou which is in Guinea in West Africa. This
current strain has developed into an epidemic which has resulted in worldwide
attention. Due to international intervention in the form of health workers, we
have seen the disease transcend borders and as a result bringing diagnosis to
countries outside of Africa.
This infographic looks at the Ebola effect on the countries
that it has permeated. It looks at the costs predicted or forecasted on the
West African countries worst hit. Controlling the disease is vital and the
infographic looks at methods used in attempting to achieve this.
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