Problem: The WHO and volunteer organizations used patient isolation, rehydration, community engagement, and safe burial techniques to try and contain the 2014 ebola outbreak. Under President Obama and at the direction of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the United States used passenger screening at all airports receiving travelers from West Africa, and mandatory isolation of anyone suspected of having the disease. How effective were these measures? Want Professional Help?
The containment efforts temporarily succeeded, but later outbreaks were even more severe. Despite these procedures, ebola became a worldwide pandemic with nearly 1.4 million deaths. These methods contained the outbreak and prevented it from becoming a worldwide pandemic. The containment measures failed and ebola became endemic in West Africa