Documentaries on Ebola Outbreaks and Lessons Learned
This article discusses the challenges of containing the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC, including the lack of a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain. It highlights the importance of contact tracing and public health education in managing hemorrhagic fever viruses.
Why it matters
Public health education and the development of medical countermeasures are critical to preventing the escalation of regional epidemics into global crises.
Health Documentaries on Ebola Outbreaks and Lessons Learned Explore documentaries and reporting that provide background and lessons from past Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and beyond.
An outbreak of Ebola that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people, according to health authorities. More than 3,400 people have been infected since late April, making this outbreak the third-largest on record . Neighboring Uganda, which saw 20 infections and two deaths, declared itself free of Ebola in late July.
First identified in 1976, Ebola, which is considered a hemorrhagic fever virus, can result in internal bleeding and cause damage to tissues and inflammation all over the body, and ultimately death, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine .
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