A year 9 geography lesson on ebola

1. Why are they using land space in Guinea like this?

2. Number of cases?

4. Why is the world worried about
EBOLA?

5. 60 secs round!
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28105531
1. How do you know if you have EBOLA?
2. How is EBOLA spread?
3. Which countries have been impacted by the disease so far?
4. How many people have been killed?
5. People with EBOLA have to be treated in?

6. 60 seconds on EBOLA!
How do you know if you have EBOLA?
How is EBOLA spread?
Which countries have been impacted by the
disease so far?
How many people have been killed?
People with EBOLA have to be treated in?
60 seconds on EBOLA!
How do you know if you have EBOLA?
How is EBOLA spread?
Which countries have been impacted by the
disease so far?
How many people have been killed?
People with EBOLA have to be treated in?

7. How is it spread?
Annotate your image with
details of how EBOLA is spread
The virus is thought to reside within the region's fruit bat population, with the bats carriers of
Ebola, but unaffected by it.
The bushmeat trade (the catching and eating of wild animals, including primates such as
gorillas and chimpanzees), is thought to play a role in outbreaks of the disease.
While cooking infected meat kills the virus, handling of the meat beforehand can cause
infection.
Once in the human population, the virus continues spreading through direct contact with
blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids.
The World Health Organisation has specifically noted traditional healing and burial practices in
rural regions as a factor in the spread of the disease.

8. Describe the symptoms of EBOLA in your own words

9. Affected areas 1. Highlight the
affected
countries on
your copy of
the map
2. Describe the
distribution
of the
affected
areas.
3. Add details
about the
numbers
affected in
each country
to your map.

10. Why is containing Ebola proving difficult?
• The scientist who first identified Ebola in 1976, Dr Peter Piot says "Soap,
gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the
contacts of those who are ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain
Ebola,“ In practice, this is a difficult because much of the health care
infrastructure has been totally destroyed in this region of Africa.
• Testing for Ebola often requires blood tests – which is difficult to conduct in
areas where strong cultural beliefs prohibit collection of a "life force".
• In Liberia, some communities believe the outbreak is a hoax, and that
health care workers have been sent to kill them. In one town, health care
workers spraying chlorine – a cheap and effective counter to the spread of
the disease - were attacked.
• In Guinea, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) doctors and medics were
attacked by villagers who believed the clinical team had brought Ebola to
their country.
• Governmental response has been heavy handed. Liberia's president
threatened to jail anyone sheltering or hiding suspected Ebola cases.
• An un-coordinated rush by the international community to assist can also
complicate efforts, says African governance expert Kim Yi Dionne,
especially when it appears that no one is in charge.
Summarise each reason (4 needed) containing EBOLA is difficult.
Explain why each may make it difficult to contain EBOLA virus?

11. What is being done to try and reduce/
limit the spread?
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-
28798542
• What does the clip say is being done?

12. Why are these things being done?
• For each measure below say why it is used and
how it will reduce/ contain spread of EBOLA.
1) Shutting borders
2) Roadblocks in affected areas
3) Stopping international flights

13. How is Ebola affecting the economies
of countries involved?
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-
28798542
• What impacts does the clip say the EBOLA
outbreak is having on people in affected
areas?

14. Task
• Make an infographic
about EBOLA-
• Include-
• Statistics of deaths
• Countries affected
• Ways it can spread
• Signs and symptoms
• Reasons why
containing the
spread is difficult
• Make an
WORLDE about
EBOLA-
• Include-
• All the key words
associated with
today’s lesson on
EBOLA. The
bigger the word
the more
important it is!