A Life-Saving Comic: Educating Children in West Africa about Ebola

BIOSECTOR PRESS  by Chris Shilling                    March 9, 2015

As efforts intensify at all levels by international health organisations and on the ground by community health workers in providing treatment, supplies and preventive measures,  young people and children – perhaps the ones most affected – need to have access to good health education resources to help them better understand both the medical and health aspects of Ebola.

To address this issue, Afrelib is working in partnership with Medikidz, (http://www.medikidz.com/gb-en/) the world’s first medical information company aimed at children, to produce learning material in an interactive, comic book format. With this health education comic, it should be possible to provide easy-to-understand and engaging information so that it not only helps in disseminating good preventive measures as recommended by public health organisations but also helps them in dealing with the cultural and social issues surrounding this epidemic.

This comic will be collaboratively written by medically qualified people, scientists and doctors with input from health workers who have experience in the region, so that the information is both practical and relevant. The comic will provide information about the risks, countermeasures, medical and biological aspects, clinical trials and other ongoing efforts to stop the spread of the disease.

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For more information on how to support, please visit the Afrelib Ebola Education campaign website:

http://www.afrelib.com/ebola-education/