Cost of the Ebola Epidemic: Impact on Children

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S)
• Description:
  Children were greatly affected by the Ebola epidemic. Nearly 20% of all Ebola cases occurred in children under 15 years old. Figures from the Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone recovery plans estimate that more than 17,300 children have been orphaned because of Ebola. In June 2014, all schools in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone closed because of the epidemic. By the time the schools reopened in 2015, students had lost approximately 1,848 hours of education due to school closures, ranging from around 33 weeks in Guinea to 39 weeks in Sierra Leone. Children also experienced a gap in vaccination schedules as routine immunizations decreased by 30% when funding and logistics previously dedicated to vaccination campaigns were redirected to fight the epidemic or were postponed to avoid public gatherings.
• Subjects:
  Cost Of Illness Disease Outbreaks / Economics Ebolavirus Global Health Health Care Costs Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Economics Statistics
• Keywords:
  Ebola Ebola Virus Ebola Virus Disease Orthoebolavirus
• Series:
  Cost of the Ebola Epidemic
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• Place as Subject:
  Guinea ; Liberia ; Sierra Leone ; United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Division:
  DHCPP - Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
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