U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Abstract

In March 2014, an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was reported in Guinea, West Africa. The outbreak is the first in West Africa and has caused an unprecedented number of cases and deaths. The outbreak is continuing to spread in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia (the affected countries); it has been contained in Nigeria and Senegal, and has been detected in Mali. As of October 22, 2014, more than 10,000 people have contracted EVD, more than half of whom have died. Until October 2014, no secondary EVD cases had occurred outside of Africa. That month, health workers in Spain and the United States contracted EVD cases while providing care for Ebola patients.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 29, 2014
Accession Number
AD1172035

Entities

People

  • Tiaji Salaam-blyther

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Ebola Virus
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Infection
  • Infection Control
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Public Health
  • Quarantine
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Virus Diseases
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.