  The spread of Ebola virus in 2014 is unprecedented. The epidemic is still
affecting West Africa, exacerbated by extraordinary socioeconomic disadvantages
and health system inadequacies. With the aim of understanding, predicting, and
control the propagation of the virus in the populations of affected countries,
it is crucial to model the dynamics of the virus and study several strategies
to control it. In this paper, we present a very simple mathematical model that
describes quite well the spread of Ebola. Then, we discuss several strategies
for the control of the propagation of this lethal virus into populations, in
order to predict the impact of vaccine programmes, treatment, and the impact of
educational campaigns.
