| Basic information |
Ebola Virus Disease |
World Health Organization |
Easy-to-use fact sheet on Ebola. Also contains a data table about previous Ebola outbreaks. |
| Ebola Virus: How It Spreads And What It Does To You – Video |
The Guardian |
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| Ebola Virus Disease |
Wikipedia |
Excellent teaching resource. |
| Wikipedia Emerges As Trusted Internet Source For Ebola Information |
New York Times |
Reliability of Wikipedia for Ebola information. |
| Cases |
Ebola Patient Ashoka Mukpo Is Now Virus-Free; Nina Pham Improving |
Los Angeles Times |
Cases from the USA |
| Spanish Nurse Free Of Ebola After More Than Two Weeks In Hospital |
The Guardian |
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| In A Liberian Slum Swarming With Ebola, A Race Against Time To Save Two Little Girls |
Washington Post |
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| GeographyGeographyGeography |
It’s Columbus Day. Let’s Talk About Geography (And Ebola). |
The Washington Post |
Map of distance from Ebola-affected countries to non-African countries where cases have appeared. Cultural impacts also discussed. |
| Ebola In Uganda: Why Can’t We Cure It? Where Does It Hide?Contagious Fever May “Hide Out” In Bats And Birds, Expert Suggests. |
National Geographic |
Resource on origin and transmission of Ebola. |
| Global Alert And Response (GAR) |
World Health Organization |
Maps showing sequences of the response to Ebola at a global scale. Teaching resource. |
| Why Is This Ebola Outbreak Spreading?The Deadly Virus Emerged In Guinea And Spread To Liberia And Sierra Leone. Can It Be Stopped? |
National Geographic |
Primer on Ebola, origin, transmission, control |
| Do You Know Africa? |
Washington Post |
Interactive map quiz to help you learn about the locations of countries in Africa. Helps to understand the state of one’s very basic knowledge of Africa. |
| The Unfortunate Impact Of The Ebola Outbreak On The Safari Industry |
Safaribookings Blog |
Some economic impacts of Ebola in Africa. |
| WHO: Nigeria Is Free Of Ebola But Must Remain Vigilant For New Cases |
The Guardian |
Report on WHO declaring Nigeria to be free of Ebola. |
| Ebola In Sierra Leone Increasing To Rate Of More Than 20 Deaths Per Day |
The Guardian |
Situation in Sierra Leone as of 21 October 2014 |
| 2014 Ebola Outbreak Maps |
Wikimedia |
Excellent teaching resource. |
| Ambulance Work In Liberia Is A Busy And Lonely Business |
New York Times |
Video resource. Also, links to other resources. |
| Finding Ebola’s ‘Patient Zero’ |
The Guardian |
Very poignant report on local impacts. |
| Fighting Ebola In Sierra Leone: ‘The World Is Not Safe’ |
The Guardian |
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| Tracking Ebola In A Liberian Slum |
Washington Post |
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| In North Korea, Fear Takes Hold Over New Foreign Threat: Ebola |
The Guardian |
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| India |
Ebola Risk High For India: Expert |
The Hindu |
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| Ebola Scare Raises Its Head In Mumbai, Delhi |
Indian Express |
Photo feature |
| How Would India Handle An Ebola Outbreak? |
Wall Street Journal |
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| India To Step Up Travel Surveillance To Stop Any Ebola Outbreak |
Reuters |
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| Ebola Alert In India: Are We Prepared To Tackle The Deadly Virus? |
India Today |
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| Response |
Ebola Facts: What Is Being Done To Improve Medical Treatment In Africa |
New York Times |
Latest information provided in clear concise text and very informative graphics including maps. Also a great teaching resource for geography. |
| New Who Safe And Dignified Burial Protocol – Key To Reducing Ebola Transmission |
World Health Organization |
WHO guidelines on how to minimize Ebola transmission without loss of dignity for the dead. |
| Protection From Ebola: A Complicated Procedure |
Washington Post |
Infographic on how healthcare workers do their work with Ebola. |
| Is The U.S. Prepared For An Ebola Outbreak? |
New York Times |
Discusses concerns about Ebola coming into the USA. |
| Screening Travelers For Ebola |
Washington Post |
What a passenger arriving at Dulles (airport, Washington DC) can expect if he is coming from one of the countries hard hit by Ebola |
| WHO Aims For Ebola Serum In Weeks And Vaccine Tests In Africa By January |
The Guardian |
Serum towards preventing Ebola in future |
| Cuba Calling |
The Guardian |
The response from Cuba. |
| Cuba Leads Fight Against Ebola In Africa As West Frets About Border Security |
The Guardian |
The response from Cuba. |
| First Ebola Case In Mali Sparks Aid Mission By World Health Organisation |
The Guardian |
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| Stigma |
Ebola For Beginners: Twitter Map Outlines Some Elementary Geography |
The Guardian |
Gaining a spatial perspective on Ebola in Africa, and fighting national stigma. Africa is a vast continent and the Ebola outbreak area is tiny. |
| ‘I Am A Liberian, Not A Virus’: West Africans Hit Back Against Ebola Stigma |
The Guardian |
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