1. What reasons do African officials give for having been able to limit the spread of Ebola to just 5 countries in Africa?

2. How was Senegal able to soon be declared Ebola-free?

3. How was Nigeria able to eradicate the disease in their country? Be specific.

4. Which countries have actually closed their borders? Why?

5. List the travel restrictions various countries have imposed.

6. What did Dr. Nelly Bosire, an official with Kenya's main medical union, credit for keeping Kenya Ebola-free?

7. The AP reports in para. 12-13, “There is also concern that travel restrictions will make things worse in the affected countries by creating what amounts to an economic embargo. ‘We have been isolated,’ said Kaifala Marah, Sierra Leone's finance and economic development minister. ‘It really is killing our economies.’”
a) Do you think having Ebola spread throughout all of Africa would cause more or less harm to the economies overall?
b) The central purposes for which the U.N. was established are: to maintain international peace and security; to foster cooperation in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems; to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; to develop friendly relations among nations; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining common goals. Considering this purpose, what should the UN do to aid the countries whose economies have been decimated by Ebola and affected by the border closures?