Breaking the Ebola Cycle

Breaking the Ebola Cycle Traditional Belief, ISecular Medicine & Christian Response FUNERAL Jesus wakes American Chris- Funeral - will coming together restart the infection cycle? Another tians up to compassion and repentance toward Liberia. America's creation of Liberia Ebola death (START) confirms the belief in power of evil spirits. in the 1840s brought tensions between repatriated Afri- can-Americans (seen as Do not release the body for traditional HELP 2 oppressors) and local peoples. These fueled the recent civil wars. burial. The Liberian Church finds Go to clinic or hospital, but there may not be Increase foreign personnel and equipment, staffing more clinics and Distrust of effective but non- INFECTION room, nurses or medicine. health care customary, hygienic ways to grieve with the families of the deceased and to system that has not yet recovered from years of civil war devastation. Attend funeral of relative - share meal & condolences. Outbreak started at a funeral. training more local workers. encourage the families to trust Jesus to protect them from the Tell people revenge of the dead. to use disinfectant and not to touch bodies as customary. The spirits of the dead will be Jesus frees followers from fear angered and they will bring trouble on those who do not of evil spirits as they adapt customs to new information. Open to hygiene and disinfectants. Jesus changes the emphasis on fear and enemies to focus follow burial Mentioning a possible sickness is a curse and may cause on trusting his power and the community of believers. customs. HELP 1 Home remedies and traditional disease. Disease is related to unseen healers. SYMPTOMS Liberia Faith in Jesus frees people from fear of curses. powers and curses. People fear that enemies Quarantine and are spreading disease. Traditional healers are expected to identify and counter-act Public health Long incubation, then symptoms of infection fever & fatigue. Guinea 2 education modern God's people pray for about Ebola. victims and act on medicine. Sierra the public health information. Forget those old superstitions. Leone these forces. Nigeria Pray for medical & spiritual breakthroughs: Pray that embracing Jesus will free people from fear, suspicion, and choices that allow Ebola to spread. South Pray for Liberian Christians as they communicate Jesus to the nation in its Pray for American Christians to come Africa to the aid of Liberian brothers and time of crisis. sisters, not treat them with indifference. US Pray for medical workers, secular and Christian, as they battle the disease. Your prayers make a difference. More about Liberia: Population = 4.294 million Ebola impact = 2,836 dead, 6,822 infected (as of Nov. 9, 2014) Two civil wars Religious Makeup Traditional Religions 42.5% between 1989-2003 41.4% (Compared to traditional religions of 23.31% in Sierra Leone and 6.9% in Guinea.) Christian caused an estimated Muslim 15.5% 500,000 deaths and massive displacement of peoples. Other 0.6% Sources: www.missiographics.com/medical-services-liberia Sponsored by: Creating products that identify barriers and pursue solutions toward More infographics at William Carey Library ........ Kingdom breakthrough gmi www.missiographics.com WILLIAM CAREY www.missionbooks.org LIBRARY Physicians per 1000 population' 0.776