EBOLA VIRUS

Definition

severe and often deadly disease caused by a virus

Causes

• direct contact with infected body fluids 
• virus enters the body through a break in the skin or through mucous membranes, including the eyes, nose, and mouth.
• infected medical equipment

• Handling infected wild animals hunted for food (bushmeat)
• Contact with blood or body fluids of infected animals
• Contact with infected bats

Symptoms

• Fever greater than 101.5°F (38.6°C)
• Chills
• Severe headache
• Sore throat
• Muscle pain
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Rash
• Abdominal (stomach) pain
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting

Late symptoms include:

• Bleeding from the mouth and rectum
• Bleeding from eyes, ears, and nose

Organ failure

Treatment

no known cure for Ebola

• Fluids given through a vein (IV)
• Oxygen
• Blood pressure management
• Treatment for other infections
• Blood transfusions

Prevention

• A vaccine (Ervebo) is available 

• Practice careful hygiene
• Avoid contact with people who have a fever, are vomiting, or appear ill.
• not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person's blood or body fluids
• Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
• Avoid contact with bats and nonhuman primates or blood, fluids, and raw meat prepared from these animals

Summary

Ebola is a severe and often deadly disease caused by a virus. A person who has Ebola CANNOT spread the disease until symptoms appear. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, vomiting, bleeding, and often, organ failure. There is no known cure for Ebola. Health care providers will treat the symptoms of the disease by  Fluids given through a vein, Blood pressure management, Blood transfusions. A vaccine  is available to prevent Ebola virus disease in people who live in the most at-risk countries. Practice careful hygiene, Avoid contact with people who have a fever, are vomiting, or appear ill, Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola etc.

Nelson Mandela turning points and achivements

achievements:

•  In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk 
• on 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa

In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949

turning points:

• Whilst at university Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society. The majority of Black South Africans had little opportunities either Economic or Political.
• However by 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison. Life at the prison was tough and uncompromising. However in his autobiographyMandela reveals how he sought to make the best use of his time there. 
•  His advocacy of reconciliation led to international acclaim and importantly the trust of the White African population

Turning points and achievements Banks, Joseph, Sir

turning points:

• after inheriting his family's fortune in the early 1760s he chose to pursue his passion to the full
• In 1766 he travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador to collect plants, animals and rocks and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in the same year..
• When the Royal Society was successful in initiating Captain Cook's 1768 expedition to Tahiti for astronomical observations, Banks obtained permission from the Admiralty to join the venture.

 

Achievements:

• He was knighted in 1781
• He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766
• His major landfalls on the eastern coast of Australia were at Botany Bay (28 April - 5 May 1770) and at the Endeavour River (17 June - 3 August)

 

 

Sir Joseph Banks timeline

1743 Sir Joseph Banks Born in London 1760 inheriting his family's fortune 1766 he travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador 1768 expedition to Tahiti for astronomical observations 1770 His major landfalls on the eastern coast of Australia were at Botany Bay 1778 he also became President of the Royal Society 1781 He was knighted 1820 died

Turning points and achivements GEORGE ORWELL

 turning points:

• in 1921 he joined the British police in Burma. However Orwell grew dissatisfied and he resigned in 1927.George Orwell decided to become a writer.got a part time job in a second hand bookshop
•  by 1938 Orwell was suffering from tuberculosis. He spent the winter of 1938-1939 in Morocco. In 1939 another novel, Coming Up For Air was published
• At the beginning of the Second World War George Orwell was rejected for military service but from 1941 to 1943 he worked for the BBC
• after his first wife(Eileen) died in October 1949 George Orwell married his second wife Sonia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Achievements:

 

• In 1943 he became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine
• In 1934 his first novel Burmese Days was published
• In 1935 George Orwell had another novel published. It was called A Clergyman's Daughter

GEORGE ORWELL

1903 George Orwell born in India 1911 George went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne 1917 he won a scholarship to Eton 1921 he joined the British police in Burma 1927 he resigned 1928 he journeyed to Paris 1932-1933 Orwell worked as a teacher 1933 his first book was published 1934 Orwell got a part time job 1934 his first novel Burmese Days was published 1935 George Orwell had another novel 1936 Orwell married Eileen 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England 1936 He left for Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War 1937 The Road to Wigan Pier was published 1938 he wrote A Homage to Catalonia, published 1938 Orwell was suffering from tuberculosi 1938-1939 He spent the winter in Morocco 1939 another novel, Coming Up For Air was published 1941 to 1943 he worked for the BBC 1943 he became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine 1945 his wife died 1945 his great satire Animal Farm was published 1949 George Orwell married his second wife Sonia 1950 George Orwell died

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