Ebola: A Guide to Discovering What You May Not Know About the Disease: History Facts and Issues About Ebola

Ebola: A Guide to Discovering What You May Not Know About the Disease - History Facts and Issues About Ebola

This guide book provides pertinent information on Ebola with the aim of promoting a deeper understanding about the virus and the disease. The book further aims to calm the fears that have ravaged the world following months of uncontrolled epidemic in West Africa with imported cases in other African countries, the USA and Europe. This straight forward and easy to read guide book attempts to put the records straight as to what Ebola virus really is as a virus and a disease. The book particularly emphasizes the disease process and its management at individual, health facility and community levels in an attempt to clarify common misunderstandings and obscurities about Ebola virus and the viral infection.

The book is divided into three parts: the first part deals with Ebola the virus; the second, with Ebola the disease; and the third highlights some of the contentious issues surrounding Ebola. The book also discusses the history and the epidemic journey of Ebola over the past decades, infused with perspectives that are pertinent today both in Africa and globally. Its simple approach provides the reader most of what they need to know about the virus and the disease, away from the sensational and fear inducing media reporting.

Ebola: A Guide to Discovering What You May Not Know About the Disease is packed with historical, factual and practical information written in simple language. Where scientific terms have been used, each of these have been explained as much as possible to allow proper understanding of the facts about the virus and the disease…which the author hopes will facilitate your efforts of separating the facts from the media and social hype of Ebola. This essential guide arranged with a glossary and index is a necessary guide for your in-depth understanding and better preparation in the event of future Ebola outbreaks. This simple book is written pivoted on the author’s deliberate effort to provide unbiased, appropriately exhaustive and pertinent information about the virus, the clinical picture of the disease and current treatment and prevention options.

The book firmly aims to paint a picture that Ebola has been and can always be subdued, particularly where timely and conscientious efforts have been exerted, with the hope that it will provide a counter narrative about how the disease actually is…while indeed horrifying… it is not as contagious as widely believed. With this in mind the author presents a resource that most non-medical readers will find useful to understand the origins and ramifications of the disease including how individuals and communities can protect themselves in the event of another Ebola outbreak in their vicinity in future.

Cognizant of the ferocious and horrific nature of Ebola, the author is convinced that owning this book will be an essential resource for you and others who wish to broaden their knowledge about the virus and the disease.