Ebola Problem In Africa

Many things affect poverty that makes it worse and harder to address, the health of African citizens is one of them. When people get sick they go to a doctor or go to a pharmacy to get medicine, those in Africa are not that lucky. They do not get those pleasures which everyone else is accustomed to. When someone from Africa gets sick it could be a serious issue that they do not know how to treat it or they do not have the needed medicine to fix it. The definition of health is to be free from an illness or injury, which is what many Africans lack. The health issue in Africa affected from poverty needs to be helped, because that can lead to Africa’s poverty burden being lessened. Some people do not think that is their problem to fix it, and leave …show more content…
Most people remember the Ebola scare, and how it could come to their country. In Africa once someone gets sick it could lead to it spreading, and getting others with weak immune systems sick as well. In Guinea it took the health officials three months to identify Ebola as the reason for all the sickness (“Factors That Contributed”). By that time there was damage done, and many people were already affected by the disease. It gave the disease more time to spread out to infect more people endangering many lives. The outbreak of Ebola could have been contained if Guinea and other African countries had a faster containment policy. The hospitals and clinics that dealt with those infected were reported to have not been properly dressed, which gave no protection for the body fluids that could spread the disease (Engel). Africa needs to have a better system to act in a time of crisis like the Ebola outbreak. It could have prevented all of the suffering that their citizens had to go through. After visiting West Africa when they were dealing with the Ebola outbreak, Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said “The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen—or even imagined” (Haglage). They were not prepared for the events that took place and their speed. They needed to be more alert and will learn from their mistakes, and be better prepared for the next, if …show more content…
If Africans knew more on how to fix their situation, and prevent it from getting worse than it already is, it could make all of the difference. They need the help, and there are more than enough people and ways to do it. If Africa could be lifted of their health burdens, it could start them on a path that leads to them showing their true potential to the world, and make a difference in