Current unit of study: Unit 2
Ebola Situation Report
Synopsis
On November 7th, 2015 WHO declared that Ebola had been stopped in Sierra Leone, yet the country has now entered a 90 - day period of surveillance which is not said to end until February 5th, 2016. This is being done in order for the country to stop or prevent any remaining possibility of the virus to continue being spread. Unfortunately, the virus has had an impact on the population of the country. 470 deaths were reported in Guinea, the small community in which the virus was first found present. The number of deaths recorded represents approximately 20% of the 2248 deaths soon to be expected based on the population and crude mortality rate. Even worse, only 4 out of the 470 dead from the virus were actually properly buried, meaning that there is a high chance of the virus returning, despite the countries efforts to prevent it.
Analysis
It's scary to hear that the Ebola virus has made a comeback in Guinea, and quite horrible to hear how the virus has had quite a heavy impact on the community's population and total death rate. 470 people had been killed by the virus, and that's only 20% of the 2248 deaths expected in the future. Although the country has been making efforts to stop the virus in its tracks and prevent it from ever returning, because of the lack of proper health care and medical attention needed to research or quarantine those suspected to be carriers of the virus, the population most likely will decline even more.
Link to the original article: http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-11-november-2015
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