This document summarizes an interactive mapping project on the Ebola virus in Senegal. The project will focus on collecting and displaying official data on suspected and confirmed Ebola cases from the Ministry of Health and hospitals in northern Senegal. It aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on the number of cases and location of health services in a simple, effective way using illustrations. The project also seeks to raise awareness about prevention and lay the groundwork for interactive data journalism on Ebola in Senegal.

1. Ebol@ctu is an interactive mapping on the situation of the Ebola virus
disease which will focus, first time, on the northern region of Senegal,
viewed on Ndarinfo.com. It is based on official data provided by the
Ministry of Health, the northern region and medical institutions in the
fight against the disease. This is a weekly edition in the beginning that
will provide all the information on the number of suspected cases and
cases treated and the various hospitals and health services that supported
them.
The objective of the project is:
• provide accurate data on Ebola and infectious diseases in the area north
of simple and effective way through illustrations.
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to raise awareness about prevention methods to be taken to fight against
the disease.
• laying the groundwork for an interactive data journalism Ebola and
infectious diseases in Senegal which is based on data from the Ministry of
Health and various institutions in the fight against these diseases.
Technically, the interface will run on HTLM5, CSS3 and Javascript. She
then decline in Mobile Application form of geolocation that allows users
to have the hospital or the nearest health facility when a suspect case is
revealed (Ebola and infectious diseases). It will finally be connected
connected to a hotline that will allow users to alert health authorities not
access the GPS. The latter will reach the person to collect comprehensive
information on the location and the symptoms of suspected cases.