Review of the First Anniversary of Ebola Crisis: When Will We Not Meet?

It has been exactly a year since the first case of Ebola virus infection was confirmed in West Africa. When will the Ebola crisis end? On 28 December 2013, in a remote village called Meliandou in southern Guinea, a 2-year-old boy died of diarrhea, headache and fever. His 3-year-old sister, his mother and grandmother also died a few days later. According to WHO reports, these deaths did not attract much attention at first and people did not realize that the disease was spreading. It was not until March 2014 that Guinea’s health officials realized that the crisis had emerged. Ebola has never hit West Africa before, so the virus, the most serious global outbreak that killed more than 7,500 people Read More …