Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks and Children: A Forgotten Toll

Viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks of a previously unexpected magnitude developing at Africa slummy urban areas, propagating among immunologically naive, pictures an epidemiologist nightmare, and a worrisome perspective to the world because of the permanent risk of global spread. Long lasting consequences of emerging virus diseases like Ebola or potentially yellow fever in developing countries might endure after closing the emergency. 

Ebola for instance, last outbreak initiated probably by a child, contributes to worsening an humanitarian and orphan crisis, as 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak left at least 1000 children without one or both parents, and children survivors might not resume school in the near future although study cycle is on-going. Not to mention an unacceptable death toll will be paid by the very young in the near future as resilience to preventable endemic diseases is compromised once Ebola virus decimated health personnel and wreck in weak health system, hampering lifesaving health promotion activities like vaccination. Read more...............