British
actor Idris Elba and a host of international football stars launched a public
awareness campaign to help halt West Africa's Ebola epidemic and recognize the
health workers fighting the deadly disease. The worst Ebola outbreak on record
has killed more than 6,800 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The
Africa United campaign directed by Tim Saccenti and produced by Ben Schneider at
Green Door Pictures / Radical Media London broadcasts information
on the disease to show the local population how to stop the spread of Ebola in
French, English, Krio and other local languages. Three Wise Monkeys Director,
Jon Dunleavy, animated the prevention sequences with Seti Setarah using simple
graphical outlines that work without titles to illustrate symptoms and how to
avoid contracting the disease. The film will be used in country and launched
ahead of the African Cup of Nations draw in Equatorial Guinea's capital,
Malabo.