EBOLA. WHAT IS EBOLA? ◊Virus, from fruit bat ◊No vaccine, no cure for the moment ◊2-21 days from infection until symptoms show ◊Symptoms are similar to.

EBOLA

WHAT IS EBOLA?

◊ Virus, from fruit bat◊ No vaccine, no cure for the moment◊ 2-21 days from infection until symptoms show◊ Symptoms are similar to those of malaria and the flu ◊ It is NOT airborne, waterborne or spread by

mosquitoes

SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS

INTERACTIVE EXERCISE

”The thermometer”

CURRENT OUTBREAK

4,555

Liberia 2484Guinea 862Sierra Leone 1200Nigeria 8

DEATHS

EBOLA TRANSMISSION

EBOLA TRANSMISSION

◊ Direct contact (through broken skin)◊ Indirect contact (with environments contaminated

with body fluids)

Spread through human-to-human transmission by body fluids

GROUP DISCUSSION

◊ How can we prevent the spread of Ebola?

PREVENTION

PREVENTION

PREVENTION

IF YOU GET SICK

THE CASE OF NIGERIA

◊ Preparing early◊ Rigorous contact tracing◊ Immediately declaring an emergency ◊ Ebola command center

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