Ebola is a disease caused by the Ebola virus and is, in 90% of cases, fatal. The large majority of outbreaks occur in remote villages in central Africa and the disease is transmitted to people from wild animals. It is passed from human to human through bodily fluids, including sweat. The first outbreak occured simultaneously in 1976 in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since then there have been sporadic outbreaks with the most recent being 2014. So far over 900 people have died in West Africa as a result of the 2014 outbreak. The 2014 outbreak was declared an 'International Health Emergency' by the World Health Organisation on the 8th of August.