The current Ebola outbreak is the deadliest in history, according
to the World Health Organization and the United Nations. Doctors Without
Borders has called the current wave “unprecedented” in geographic
scope, with more than 60 outbreak sites. It is also the first outbreak
to hit West Africa.
Before this year, the deadliest Ebola
outbreak occurred in 1976, when the disease killed 280 people in the
Democratic Republic of Congo. Since March of this year, more than double
that number have died from Ebola in West Africa.
Last month,
Bart Janssens, operations director for Doctors Without Borders, said the
outbreak was “totally out of control” and that the organization was
struggling to keep up with the disease. Since then, the number of deaths
has nearly doubled.
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