Since early 2014, West Africa has been confronted with the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history. According to the World Health Organization, more than 28,000 people have fallen ill with Ebola, and more than 11,000 died of the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In the meantime, however, only single cases of EVD are detected in the affected countries. The great efforts of the local and international helpers seem to pay off at last.