We have recently did a group project talking about the concerns of Ebola. Ebola is a serious disease that is spreading throughout many different countries all over the world including the United States. If someone gets Ebola, it is very dangerous and can be very deadly. Hospitals are trying to treat and cure patients that are sick, but Ebola can be very deadly and many patients cannot be cured before the disease overtakes their body and they eventually end up dead. This virus is very contagious when you have direct contact with it.

                During this project I learned a lot about Ebola and all the effects it has. The virus itself is actually named after the Ebola River where they believe the virus was actually found.  The Zaire Ebola Virus is the agent that is the actual cause of the disease known as Ebola. Even though the sickness is getting much attention from the media right now it has actually been around for a very long time.

 Bats are known as one of the main carriers of the Ebola virus, but many other different organisms are able to be a carrier of the illness, obviously this also includes humans. With humans constantly on the move carrying this disease, it is easily spread to different parts of the world.

 

 

 

This is how the concept of globalization is tied into the spreading of this deadly disease all over the world. People are becoming infected with this virus and then they decide to move to a different area of the world. When they do this they also bring the horrible disease with them, thus making it easier for the sickness to spread globally. Globalization and global health go hand and hand because the movement of people from one place to another can greatly affect the global health in a complete different part of the world.

As these people keep moving to new parts of the world, they are also hurting the environment in other parts of the world. As they move they bring a new virus to the environment in parts of the world where it would not naturally be.

Also, with the expanding population and people always on the move, you have contact with a lot more people than what people use to. As people are coming into contact with more people, it is way easier for viruses and other contagious sicknesses to spread.

Globalization can play a very harmful factor in global health. With technology constantly improving, maybe they can reduce the spreading of infectious diseases to new parts of the world.