Ebola

World Health Organization against Ebola

Webster University

Organizational Behavior

Professor Sprung

Abstract

Ebola virus formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, highly pathogenic for humans and non human, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. As of 2014, an epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) is still active in West Africa and continuing its spread throughout West Africa. The outbreak began in Guinea which is located on the west side of Africa in the year 2013. But it was only detected by March 2014. Countries affected from Ebola virus include Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Till date, the World Health Organization and the Centers of Disease control reported a total of 4,846 suspected cases and 2,375 deaths. According to experts, the cases registered for the Ebola virus is far less than the actual estimation. They believe there can be multiple reasons for the same and one of them is the reluctant of families to report cases. Speaking at a United Nations briefing on 2nd September, Joanne Liu, International president of Médecins Sans Frontières said,” Six months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history, the world is losing the battle to contain it. In West Africa, cases and deaths continue to surge. Riots are breaking out. Isolation centers are overwhelmed. Health workers on the front lines are becoming infected and are dying in shocking numbers. Others have fled in fear, leaving people without care for even the most common illnesses. Entire health systems have crumbled. Ebola treatment centers are reduced to places where people go to die alone, where little more than palliative care is offered. It is impossible to keep up with the sheer number of infected people pouring into facilities. In Sierra Leone, infectious bodies are rotting in the streets.”

Many health organizations and international bodies, including World Health Organization, US Centre for Disease control and Prevention and the European...