Sierra Leone

 Africa - The True Victims of the Ebola Outbreak

 When we sit around and worry about the Ebola virus coming across our borders and causing mass deaths, we lose perspective on the real problem. Here in the Western world, we are fully prepared to deal with this issue and can expect only the bare minimum of infections and deaths. In West Africa, however, the problem is truly severe.

 What is Ebola?

EVD, Ebola Virus Disease (formerly Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is often fatal in humans. There is a 50% fatality rate average for the disease in the current outbreak but it has been between 25 and 90% in previous outbreaks. It can be transmitted from humans to humans and to and from animals.

The disease has its roots in the heart of central Africa in remote villages, mostly near tropical rain forests, but has recently been spreading to urban areas and around the world.