title: Ebola wreaks havoc in Sierra Leone.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ebola virus disease has taken a toll on more than 8,000 lives in West Africa in 2014. The most affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The number of people infected by Ebola in Sierra Leone surpassed that of Liberia in the last month in this year and almost half of human cases are distributed in this country.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ignorance on Ebola among people, including health workers at the early stage, plaid an important role in spread of Ebola virus disease. Subsequently, Ebola ravages urban settings for the first time and takes a huge toll on the lives. The government and international partners do make efforts to control the epidemic, however, lack of synergy make them lip service.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The leading role of government in the response to the epidemic should be emphasized. Basic information of Ebola should be quickly spread among communities by health education programme and social mobilization should be a basic measure for Ebola control.
authors: Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone ; Freetown City Council, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Koroma
authors: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC, Shanghai, People's Republic of China ; WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors: Shan
authors: S
authors: Lv
keywords: Control; Ebola virus disease; Government; Measures; Outbreak