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Mon, 2015-02-23 05:17 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about health within the West Africa MPHISE.

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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 23:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 23:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 23:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux
 

        
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola patient in the village of Mangina, in North Kivu province, on Aug. 18. (Olivia Acland/Reuters)

washingtonpost.com - by Lena H. Sun - November 5, 2018 

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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

Wed, 2018-11-07 23:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Scientists Develop 'Cooling' Protective Suits for Ebola Workers

Mon, 2018-09-24 12:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Protective suits are essential kit for some workers like firefighters and healthcare workers, but staying cool enough to work for long periods is a challenge.

africanews.com - September 19, 2018

A team at California’s Stanford University working on the regulation of body temperature have created a cooling system that could double the amount of time workers can spend wearing protective suits.

The research was prompted by healthcare workers from Sierra Leone who experienced debilitating heat when wearing suits that protected them from the highly infectious Ebola virus . . . 

 . . . the cooling system allowed the students to spend at least double the time being active than without it, and some tripled or quadrupled the time spent being active.

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New Ebola Species is Reported for First Time in a Decade

Sat, 2018-07-28 14:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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Doctors: Woman Likely Spread Ebola a Year After Infection

Wed, 2018-07-25 12:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - STUDY - The Lancet - Persistence of Ebola virus after the end of widespread transmission in Liberia: an outbreak report

apnews.com - by Maria Cheng - July 23, 2018

A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study published Monday.

There have been previous instances of men spreading Ebola to women via sexual transmission — the virus can survive in semen for more than a year — but the new case is the first time scientists have suggested that Ebola was spread from a woman after such a prolonged period.

The rare possibility of Ebola spreading long after infection highlights the importance of monitoring survivors, especially with the imminent end of the most recent flare-up of the disease in Congo.

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Community Resilience in the Context of the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Liberia

Wed, 2018-06-13 13:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

           

Two women walk in front of a billboard, which says "Ebola must go. Stopping Ebola is Everybody's Business" in Monrovia, Liberia - 15 January 2015 - Photo: UNMIL/Emmanuel Tobey

futurehealthsystems.org - by Sehwah Sonkarlay - June 12, 2018

 . . . The ‘Understanding and Strengthening Community Resilience in Liberia’ meeting, which took place from 28th February – 1st March, was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health, research organisations, and community members. Its aim was to understand the experience of Liberia in identifying and building resilience at the community level in the context of the recent Ebola epidemic, combined with its post-war and unique sociopolitical history.

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Here's Where Ebola Could Spread Based on Flight Patterns

Sat, 2018-05-26 13:45 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

CLICK HERE - EcoHealth Alliance - Ebola Spreads To Major Congo Transportation Hub, Will It Spread Further?

cnbc.com - by Angelica LaVito - May 25, 2018

An Ebola outbreak is emerging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a nonprofit that studies infectious diseases identified where it could spread based on flight patterns. . .

. . . EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that studies outbreaks, used software to identify where Ebola could spread through infected passengers. The system used flight patterns from the airports in Mbandaka, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, those nearest to Bikoro, where the outbreak started.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Where could Ebola spread?

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New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wed, 2018-05-09 13:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                             

who.int - May 8, 2018

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro in Equateur Province today (8 May). The outbreak declaration occurred after laboratory results confirmed two cases of EVD.

The Ministry of Health of Democratic of the Congo (DRC) informed WHO that two out of five samples collected from five patients tested positive for EVD at the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) in Kinshasa. More specimens are being collected for testing.

 
 
 
 
 
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