Engineers can help alleviate Ebola

摘要

Engineers are urgently required to help relieve the Ebola crisis in north-west Africa. Ebola is a severe and often fatal illness that in Liberia alone has infected approximately 3,600 people and killed over 2,000 during the current outbreak. According to the World Health Organisation, it is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads among people through human-to-human transmission.