Category: Ebola

Table of Contents Definition Classification References Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Definition Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is an acute natural focal zoonotic viral infection characterized by febrile intoxication syndrome, phenomena of universal capillary toxicosis with a severe hemorrhagic syndrome, multiple organ lesions, and a high mortality rate. According to the antigenic properties…

Introduction Dangerous communicable diseases have ceased to carry a big fear for both doctors and patients over the past few decades. The fact is that the developments of healthcare and progress in this sphere have caused quite strong protection of the population against possible severe ailments. However, even today, some infections practically do not lend…

Ebola is a non-discriminatory disease. For instance, it has affected health professionals and their patients alike. Its severity and non-discriminatory nature explain why, globally, people fear the disease (World Health Organization, 2015). The lack of a cure, or vaccine, has further compounded this problem. These factors explain why communities have struggled to survive under the…

Evaluation Goals Table 1. Evaluation Goals. Type of Evaluation Evaluation Goal Formative Evaluation To assess the need for the Ebola awareness campaign in Sierra Leone, relative to the social, political and economic issues that have made the community vulnerable to the disease. To investigate whether there is a need to modify aspects of the Ebola…

Table of Contents Benthams and Mills Moral System Ebola Evacuees in the United States Utilitarian Interpretation of the Case Evaluation Conclusion References The greatest thinkers have made numerous attempts to give comprehensive definitions to the terms good and bad. In their works on moral principles and the essence of proper actions, John Mill and Jeremy…

Table of Contents Introduction Epidemiological Determinants Route of Transmission Risk Factors How Ebola Outbreak Can Affect a Community Reporting Protocol Prevention Strategies References Introduction The chosen community outbreak is Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which is a hemorrhagic fever. The causative microorganism is a virus belonging to the Filoviridae family (Coltart et al., 2017). Currently, a…

Introduction Origin and the discovery of the disease The Ebola disease is a fatal infection that affects human beings and other primates. It is believed that the Ebola virus got its name from where it was first discovered. The virus causing the fever was first reported along the Ebola River Valley in Zaire, Africa. In…

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Choice of the style of leadership Efficiency of the style Description of the events Efficiency of measures Conclusion References Abstract The given paper is devoted to the investigation of the issue of leadership and its manifestations in terms of the spread of Ebola virus. Introduction There is no use denying…

Community and Public Health Issue Sierra Leone is a West African country that has a population of more than 7 million people (Lahai, 2017). Emerging from a civil war that lasted more than a decade, the country has a poor health infrastructure characterized by poor access to health care facilities and the lack of adequate…

The health belief model (HBM) would outline the main framework for implementing the public health campaign. It posits that most people would adopt health-promoting behaviors if they perceive the cost of noncompliance to be higher than the cost of compliance (Westmaas, Gil-Rivas, & Silver, 2014). If we extrapolate this concept to the Sierra Leone context,…