There are number of success stories about use of social media such as, crowdsourcing mapping tools/services to fight against natural disaster and catastrophic disease outbreaks. Crowdsourcing maps appear to be helpful in identifying and locating disease affected areas in Guinea, Sirre Leone and Liberia. The workers of different Aid agencies such as the American Red Cross and Médecins
Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) depend on volunteers from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
(HOT) to map the affected region in these countries. 21 October 2014
Social media for fighting against ebola
There are number of success stories about use of social media such as, crowdsourcing mapping tools/services to fight against natural disaster and catastrophic disease outbreaks. Crowdsourcing maps appear to be helpful in identifying and locating disease affected areas in Guinea, Sirre Leone and Liberia. The workers of different Aid agencies such as the American Red Cross and Médecins
Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) depend on volunteers from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
(HOT) to map the affected region in these countries. 
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