Ebola and compliance with infection prevention measures in Nigeria

Dissatisfaction with the world response to the Nigerian Ebola outbreak among many Nigerians; travel restrictions and stigmatisation of African communities abroad; an indefinite strike initiated by medical doctors in the country at the start of the outbreak; the rate at which people are dying needlessly in neighbouring Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone; and reports of doctors and nurses fleeing when profusely bleeding accident victims are brought to hospitals have forced some Nigerians to go to extremes, such as following the advice of a mere rumour suggesting the use of concentrated salt solution for drinking and washing as a prevention or cure.