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The 2014-2016 Zaire Ebolavirus Outbreak in Guinea, West Africa - Coggle…

- - - - Vomiting
      - Fever
      - Severe diarrhea
      - Haemorrhaging
      - Severe dehydration
      - Extreme fatigue
    - - Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) strain, one of five variants in genus
      - Infects humans through wild animal resevoir
      - Spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids
    - - Initial cases reported in low number in the countryside
      - Soon spread to capital city of Conakry, then to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone
      - Became largest outbreak of EVD ever recorded, with cases in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and Mali
      - Spread rapidly across the country
      - High morbidity and mortality
- - - - Death and suffering
      - Confusion and a loss of control
      - Lingering symptoms with no sign of definitive end
    - - Narrative with a clear beginning and end
      - Restoration of health
      - Overarching sense of community, faith, and wellbeing
- - - - Systematic discrimination against minority groups
      - Pay-for-care system leave the poor without proper care
  - - - inadequate number of qualified staff
      - inconsistent drug supply
      - ineffectual dissemination of information
  - - - Further poverty