Unit 12- Learning aim B: Examine the transmission of infectious diseases and how th
EBOLA VIRUS
DISEASE
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATIONS INFL
STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THE EBOLA VIRU
WHAT IS THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION?
The World Health Organization
(WHO) was established as a
specialized agency of the united
nations in 1948. It was declared
officially in existence on April 7
of that year. It is now part of the
united nations that focuses on
global health issues. The
organization has been working (who.int,2019)
for over 60 years on such issues
as small pox eradication, WHAT IS EBOLA ?
childhood immunizations and
maternal morbidity rates. The Ebola, it is a severe illness
WHO outlines several affecting humans and other
leadership priorities which are primates. Ebola is a virus, which
part of the initiatives for better in order to survive must find a
world health, these include: host cell and take it over. The
Working towards universal virus also replicates itself so it can
health coverage, developing spread to other host cells,
international health regulations, however to respond to the virus,
increasing access to medical the body produces antibodies in
products, they are also trying to the immune system to help stop