Districts of Liberia

The first Ebola patient to be diagnosed with the deadly disease was recorded to be in Dallas Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Thomas Eric Duncan, the man who traveled from Liberia to the United States to seek treatment for the Ebola disease, died at the Dallas Hospital 10 days after he was admitted. This man is primarily responsible for spreading the disease into the United States. The day after Duncan’s death, government officials

the 8th of August 2014 the World Health Organisation declared the current outbreak of Ebolavirus to be an international health emergency. This epidemic is the largest ever seen of the disease, and is located in West Africa - particularly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. At present it has led to over 5,000 deaths, with more than 14,000 people having been infected. Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been portrayed by some as a major threat to health outside of West Africa, though this is disputed. There

the border of Zaire and Sudan. (CDC, 2014) Of all the outbreaks since 1976 this initial outbreak carried the worst mortality rate, roughly ninety percent of those affected did not survive. (CDC, 2014) Ebola was named after a river in the Yambuku district of Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was then known as Zaire. 2007 to

I. Background In recent years, Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have launched major healthcare initiatives in order to expand and improve access to services. However, the state of health systems for the last 20 years is difficult to overcome. Liberia and Sierra Leone were each embroiled in civil wars until the mid-2000s. Porous borders and a shared diamond belt meant that their conflicts were often shared, as political strife, violence, looting, armed forces, and refugees moved to neighboring countries

The Epidemiology of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Erin Hicks Murrill Southeastern Louisiana University   Introduction The Ebola virus disease (EVD) is currently the largest outbreak recorded in history with over 5,000 deaths in the country of West Africa, as well as to overseas countries, including the United States and Spain. It is characterized by a combination of flu-like symptoms and extreme vomiting and diarrhea, which makes it hard to diagnosis without extensive blood testing. Many individuals

goods has been dramatically decreased by military blockades. Because these countries rely quite heavily on agriculture (almost 50% of their GDP comes from crops), many farms could only sell their crops within the district in which they reside. As of 2014, twelve of the thirteen districts of Sierra Leona have been officially infected with Ebola. International trading with larger countries, such as China, has dropped off severely. The agriculture minister of Sierra Leona said "The economy has been deflated

It was the marketing campaign of the De Beers Group that have made diamonds as popular as they are now. Conflict Diamonds Conflict diamonds are mined in Sierra Leone, Cote d 'Ivoire, Angola, Congo and Liberia, where unstable governments and various rebel groups are in constant conflict. Rebels and other armed insurgents mine diamonds and sell them to finance the purchase of weapons and ammunition. Common people such as farmers, including children, are

bitter political and business rivals, mismanagement and corruption. The civil war. On the 23 of March 1991, some Sierra Leonean’s who had support of some Liberians and Burkinabes struck Bomaru in Sierra Leone which is in the eastern-most Kailahum District. Another small force of the previously unknown Revolutionary United Front

Greenpeace is an organization which often collides with governments in countries all over the world in its attempt to stop things like global warming, deforestation, overfishing and more. Greenpeace tries to reach their goals by direct action and lobbying. This is the part where they often collide with the governments. My questions about this topic are: - What conflicts does Greenpeace have (or did they have) with the government and corporations in the Netherlands and governments and corporations

illness and wondering when it will be your turn to proverbially “kick the bucket”. For many survivors of the Ebola disease, this situation would be far too familiar. In March 2014, the Ebola virus outbreak began in West Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. According to a recent figure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been a total of 28616 Ebola cases and 11310 deaths from Ebola in these three countries (2014). There were many unpalatable symptoms of