Problem
Ebola haemorrhagic fever
Other Names:
Ebola virus disease Ebola Ivory Coast virus
Nature:
The Ebola virus spreads through close contact with blood or bodily fluids, even those of corpses, produces a deadly fever, and kills by causing uncontrollable bleeding. There is no cure for it, no antidote and no vaccine.
Incidence:
The disease appears after woodsmen or hunters enter virgin rainforest, and the land is then cleared. Fewer than 1000 cases have ever been identified. In 1976, in Zaire, 318 people were infected, of whom 88% died. A second outbreak of 284 cases with 55 % mortality occurred later than year in Sudan. In 1995-96 it killed 75% of the 316 people infected in an outbreak in Zaire. The final toll was 232 humans, 2200 small animals and 15,000 insects. The animals and insects were gassed to try to find the reservoir for the virus, whereas the humans died of the virus.
Broader Problems:
Haemorrhagic feversEmerging viral diseasesEpidemics Strategies:
Researching diseases Organizations:
World Health Organization (WHO)Last Mile HealthAfricareDoctors Without BordersPROJECT C.U.R.E.ActionAidUnited Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementMAP InternationalPartners in Health (PIH)Caritas Internationalis (CI)Catholic Relief Services (CRS)Oxfam InternationalSave the Children InternationalInternational Rescue Committee (IRC)International Medical Corps (IMC)American Red Cross Overseas Association (ARCOA) Subject(s):
Biosciences → BacteriologyMedicine → Blood
Medicine → Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST