History
Ebola
There was an explorer named Henry Stanley in 1875 that had reached an area that is now known as Uganda. In 1888, the British government gave the British East Africa Company control of Uganda. In 1984, Uganda finally became a British colony and they decided to use the chiefs as puppets.Uganda began to become more and more literate. After WWII Uganda was moving towards becoming independent, they had gained their independence in 1962. The first president was Mutesa, King of Buganda, and Milton Obote as prime minister. Milton had set up the president and became a dictator until 1971, and five years later another problem arose in that area.
In the warms tropics of the Congo there’s a deadly disease that can kill with one day, you may be wondering what this disease is, it’s called Ebola. The disease is named after the river Ebola that was in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The disease had first emerged from Zaire and Sudan. In Zaire, it was first recognized on August 26, 1976 in Yambuku, a small village in Mongala District. There 318 cases of Ebola were confirmed with 280 deaths. The first outbreak in Sudan, also in 1976, infected over 284 people with 151 deaths. Dr. Ngoy Mushola, a Congolese medical doctor, was the first person to record a description of the Ebola virus.
Ebola is highly contagious especially to non-human primates. There are four types of Ebola but only three of them have caused diseases in humans. During the first outbreak in Zaire, there were 318 human cases and 88% of them died. This was spread by close personal contact and the use of contaminated needles in the hospital. During the first outbreak in Sudan, there were 284 human cases and 53% died.
Yellow Fever
The origins of Yellow fever is unknown but they know it had started somewhere in East or Central Africa and it spreaded towards West Africa. But one of the countries that were affected was Liberia. Liberia was never really colonized by a country, but was colonized as a place for former African-American slaves to go back to.They had two civil wars as brutal and as harsh as it could be during the Second Civil War, there was a disease- Yellow Fever.
Yellow fever is another serious disease caused by the yellow fever virus. Its found in certain areas in Africa and South America. The first detailed account of Yellow Fever was recorded in Yucatan, Mexico, in 1648. The last epidemic that had happened in North America was in New Orleans in 1905. There aren’t sure who actually discovered the Yellow Fever virus, but because of Carlos Finlay of Cuba we now know that the disease is carried by mosquitos and not contracted through human contact. Thanks to Max Theiler there was a cure to the Yellow Fever. This vaccine had helped control and eliminate yellow fever in various countries in Africa and South America in the 20th century
There was an explorer named Henry Stanley in 1875 that had reached an area that is now known as Uganda. In 1888, the British government gave the British East Africa Company control of Uganda. In 1984, Uganda finally became a British colony and they decided to use the chiefs as puppets.Uganda began to become more and more literate. After WWII Uganda was moving towards becoming independent, they had gained their independence in 1962. The first president was Mutesa, King of Buganda, and Milton Obote as prime minister. Milton had set up the president and became a dictator until 1971, and five years later another problem arose in that area.
In the warms tropics of the Congo there’s a deadly disease that can kill with one day, you may be wondering what this disease is, it’s called Ebola. The disease is named after the river Ebola that was in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The disease had first emerged from Zaire and Sudan. In Zaire, it was first recognized on August 26, 1976 in Yambuku, a small village in Mongala District. There 318 cases of Ebola were confirmed with 280 deaths. The first outbreak in Sudan, also in 1976, infected over 284 people with 151 deaths. Dr. Ngoy Mushola, a Congolese medical doctor, was the first person to record a description of the Ebola virus.
Ebola is highly contagious especially to non-human primates. There are four types of Ebola but only three of them have caused diseases in humans. During the first outbreak in Zaire, there were 318 human cases and 88% of them died. This was spread by close personal contact and the use of contaminated needles in the hospital. During the first outbreak in Sudan, there were 284 human cases and 53% died.
Yellow Fever
The origins of Yellow fever is unknown but they know it had started somewhere in East or Central Africa and it spreaded towards West Africa. But one of the countries that were affected was Liberia. Liberia was never really colonized by a country, but was colonized as a place for former African-American slaves to go back to.They had two civil wars as brutal and as harsh as it could be during the Second Civil War, there was a disease- Yellow Fever.
Yellow fever is another serious disease caused by the yellow fever virus. Its found in certain areas in Africa and South America. The first detailed account of Yellow Fever was recorded in Yucatan, Mexico, in 1648. The last epidemic that had happened in North America was in New Orleans in 1905. There aren’t sure who actually discovered the Yellow Fever virus, but because of Carlos Finlay of Cuba we now know that the disease is carried by mosquitos and not contracted through human contact. Thanks to Max Theiler there was a cure to the Yellow Fever. This vaccine had helped control and eliminate yellow fever in various countries in Africa and South America in the 20th century