Title: 2014 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, symptoms, and how to help | World Vision
Headings: 2014 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, symptoms, and how to help
2014 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, symptoms, and how to help
FAQs: What you need to know about Ebola virus disease
Fast facts: 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak
What is Ebola?
What are the symptoms of Ebola?
Is Ebola treatable?
How is the Ebola virus spread?
How long did the last major Ebola outbreak last?
Why did the 2014 outbreak in West Africa spread so rapidly?
How many people died during the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak?
Why was Ebola so hard to stop?
How is the Ebola virus compared to the new coronavirus?
Is there a danger of an Ebola outbreak in the United States?
How can I help Ebola survivors and people affected by viruses?
History of the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak
1976 — Ebola first identified
2014 — First major Ebola outbreak begins
2015 — Massive global effort to curb the epidemic begins working
2016 — Ebola epidemic officially ends
2018 — Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019 — Outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2020 — Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo decline dramatically
World Vision’s response to the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak
Health and safety
Awareness and prevention
Safe and dignified burials
Social and economic recovery

Content: ©2014 World Vision/photo by Jonathan Bundu)
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A family in Bo, Sierra Leone, reads material from World Vision about how to protect themselves from Ebola. ( ©2014 World Vision/photo by Jonathan Bundu)
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Faith leaders in Sierra Leone played an integral role in combatting the spread of Ebola. Early on in the outbreak, the Rev. Peter Kainwo, right, and imam Alhaji Mustapha Alpha Koker went through World Vision's Channels of Hope training to learn how to talk about sensitive aspects of Ebola among their communities. The two leaders swapped pulpits to emphasize to their congregations the urgency of preventing Ebola's spread. In all, 460 imams and pastors and 150 village leaders have been trained on Ebola prevention. " When faith leaders got involved … it was a turning point," says Dr. Alhaji Turay, district medical officer in Bo, Sierra Leone. " They convinced people in churches and mosques to stop touching and burying Ebola victims, who remain highly infectious." ( ©2014 World Vision)
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Like thousands of other children in West Africa, 13-year-old Aminata from Sierra Leone was orphaned by the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. She holds a sign that says, "No child should die of Ebola again." ( ©2014 World Vision/photo by Sahr Ngaujah)
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A World Vision health worker demonstrates the proper way to wear personal protective equipment before assisting with a safe and dignified burial in Moyamba. (