2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak

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The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and prompting a major international public health emergency response.

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Generate an image of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak (The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and prompting a major international public health emergency response.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ebola virus disease outbreak ⓘ
epidemic ⓘ
public health emergency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs West African Ebola epidemic ⓘ
caseFatalityRateApproximate 40% ⓘ
causativeAgent Zaire ebolavirus ⓘ
continentAffected Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
countryAffected Germany ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
declaredBy World Health Organization ⓘ
disease Ebola virus disease ⓘ
economicImpactEstimate billions of US dollars ⓘ
economicImpactRegion West Africa ⓘ
endTime 2016-06 ⓘ
epicenter Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByCases Sierra Leone ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByDeaths Liberia ⓘ
hardestHitCountryByEarlySpread Guinea ⓘ
healthcareWorkerDeathsApproximate 500+ ⓘ
healthcareWorkerInfectionsApproximate 800+ ⓘ
indexCaseLocation Meliandou, Guinea ⓘ
ledTo creation of national Ebola treatment centers in affected countries ⓘ
reforms in WHO emergency response procedures ⓘ
strengthening of global health security frameworks ⓘ
majorResponseActor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Médecins Sans Frontières ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

United Nations ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ
notableCharacteristic deadliest Ebola outbreak in history ⓘ
largest Ebola outbreak in history ⓘ
overwhelmed fragile health systems in affected countries ⓘ
triggered major international humanitarian response ⓘ
PHEICDeclarationDate 2014-08-08 ⓘ
publicHealthEmergencyOfInternationalConcern true ⓘ
startTime 2013-12 ⓘ
totalCasesApproximate 28600 ⓘ
totalDeathsApproximate 11300 ⓘ
transmissionMode funeral practices involving contact with bodies ⓘ
human-to-human transmission via bodily fluids ⓘ
nosocomial transmission ⓘ
UNMEEREstablishmentDate 2014-09 ⓘ
UNMEERFullName United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response ⓘ
UNMissionEstablished UNMEER ⓘ
vaccineTrialCountry Guinea ⓘ
vaccineTrialType ring vaccination trial ⓘ
vaccineUsed rVSV-ZEBOV ⓘ

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Public Health Emergency of International Concern → hasBeenDeclaredFor → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
International Health Regulations → usedInResponseTo → 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa ⓘ
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2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → alsoKnownAs → West African Ebola epidemic ⓘ
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2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo → largerOnlyThan → 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic ⓘ
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United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response → hasCause → Ebola virus disease epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ⓘ
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rVSV-ZEBOV → usedDuringOutbreak → 2014–2016 West African Ebola outbreak ⓘ
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Out of the Village → about → Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa ⓘ
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Guinea Forestière → wasAffectedBy → West African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016) ⓘ
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Crisis in the Red Zone → mainSubject → 2013–2016 West African Ebola epidemic ⓘ
linked to: 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak