In March 2014 the Ebola virus was detected in Guinea, West Africa and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone

In March 2014 the Ebola virus was detected in Guinea, West Africa and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ebola first emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 and was known to be a contagious virus and often fatal in humans.
Perform a qualitative risk assessment and provide mitigation methods to help reduce the virus spreading across international borders.

The list of mandatory readings to be used in the essay:

Merna and Al-Thani (2008), Corporate Risk Management - 2nd Edition Wiley

Managing Risks in Construction Projects (3rd Edition). Smith, Merna and Jobling. Palgrave, Macmillan.