Nigeria is now Ebola free

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From WHO - Nigeria is now Ebola free

How come Nigeria is now Ebola free?  And in US, there was one death, and 3 cases of infection?

Nigeria is one of the most populous countries in Africa.  It has some 21 million population and it equivalent to the population of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia combined.

It has also controlled the Nigeria worm disease; and it has 650,000 reported cases.

Nigeria was able to do this by:

1.  Banning travel from Ebola infected areas;

2.  Close monitoring of suspected Ebola cases;

3.  Strong public health system,

4.  Strict observance of protocol.

What happened?  An LDC surpassing US in control of outbreak?

Is the world (WHO, US EU) over reacting to #Ebola?

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Dr. Kent Brantley's blood as vaccine vs Ebola


Rizal Philippines   |  October 17, 2014

On one hand there is a reason to be scared;  9000 have been infected and death has surpassed 4,000.  1,000 cases are reported weekly and WHO predicts this to be high as 10,000 weekly, and cases could reach as high as 1.4 million by January 2015.

Remember, the first case was reported in Guinea last December 2013.  There were only 2 deaths out of 59 in Guinea last March.

Senegal and Nigeria now Ebola free?

At the same time Nigeria and Senegal would have passed the 42 days timeline to be declared Ebola free.

WHO declares Ebola virus global health emergency

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Rizal Philippines |  August 11, 2014

Repost from WSJ   | August 8, 2014



WHO  headed by Dr. Margaret Chan, declared Ebola virus as a global health emergency.   This means member nations have to contribute more.  The disease appeared to be out of control and has overcome many of the health workers in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and  Guinea, some of the poorest countries in Africa.  These countries have a little semblance of public health care, and may have run of supplies to battle the disease.

Several health workers have seen surges in the volume of cases.  10 died on Friday. It takes about 8 to 20 days for the disease to incubate.  RC worker in Sierra Leone said 40 cases arrived Friday, and the numbers keep on rising, overwhelming the health workers.

Ebola has infected 1,779 which resulted in 961 deaths.  Ebola has infected 140 to 150 workers, 80 of them fatally.  Many health workers have opted not to work because of fear of infection

This is so far the largest Ebola outbreak in recent history.

Travel has been limited by companies who have invested in business in such countries.   As of late, NIgeria, a very populous country has closed border with Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.  Eight  people have been infected by lone case from the infected countries, one of them fatally

2 American MDs of Samaritan Purse working vs Ebola in Africa infected

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Rizal Philippines  |  July 31, 2014



There are now two American doctors working with Samaritan Purse in Africa trying to contain the Ebola virus who are now infected with the deadly virus

They are Nancy Writebol who lives in Monrovia with her husband, has two children and hails from Charlotte North Carolina, and Kent Bradley 33.

This is a great risk and sacrifice on the part of this American doctors who are trying their best to contain the disease.  There is fear that the disease could spread in Nigeria one of the most populous countries in (20 million)  Africa.  A Nigerian man arrived at Lagos airport and soon died probably of Ebola   He declared that he did not come in contact with anyone sick or who had died of Ebola.

Ebola outbreak in Africa; can be transmitted by air

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Rizal Philippines   July 28, 2014

Repost from ABC Health News  July 26, 2014

Years back, there was a movie entitled "Outbreak" featuring Al Pacino.  The disease was Ebola.  Ebola is a deadly disease:  viral  Cat 3: deadly and   no known cure.  (Just like dengue)  The outbreak was in USA and they did not come from Rhesus monkey which was the usual route in Africa.  The disease spread by air.  And now this has come true. The disease has probably mutated and has spread from Guinea, where it originally started to West Africa to Nigeria, via air.

Is this another threat facing the world in addition to MERS in Saudi, bird flu in China?

What further precautions must we take?

Are you not afraid?  Do you want to go to Africa