1. EBOLA

2. WHAT IS EBOLA? ◊Virus, from fruit bat ◊No vaccine, no cure for the moment ◊2-21 days from infection until symptoms show ◊Symptoms are similar to those of malaria and the flu ◊It is NOT airborne, waterborne or spread by mosquitoes

3. SYMPTOMS

5. INTERACTIVE EXERCISE ”The thermometer”

6. CURRENT OUTBREAK

7. 4,555 Liberia 2484 Guinea 862 Sierra Leone 1200 Nigeria 8 DEATHS

8. EBOLA TRANSMISSION

9. ◊Direct contact (through broken skin) ◊Indirect contact (with environments contaminated with body fluids) Spread through human-to-human transmission by body fluids

10. GROUP DISCUSSION ◊How can we prevent the spread of Ebola?

11. PREVENTION

14. IF YOU GET SICK

15. THE CASE OF NIGERIA ◊ Preparing early ◊ Rigorous contact tracing ◊ Immediately declaring an emergency ◊ Ebola command center

16. ? www.eboladeeply.org