Guinea

Simulation and/or exercise

Read more about Preventing Diseases From Crossing Borders in West Africa Post-Ebola
Log in or register to post comments

Two Ebola deaths and three suspected cases in Guinea 'flare-up'

Fri, 2016-03-18 10:50 — davidmc

World Health Organisation had just announced ‘milestone’ of no new infections in neighbouring Sierra Leone when latest fatalities came to light

Meeting / Event Tags:

Meeting

Presentation

Conference

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Disaster Risk Reduction

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Simulation and/or exercise

Read more about Two Ebola deaths and three suspected cases in Guinea 'flare-up'
5 comments
Log in or register to post comments

Treating Ebola with Plasma

Mon, 2016-03-14 14:06 — davidmc

During the Ebola outbreak of 1995 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, eight patients with Ebola were given blood transfusions from people who had recently recovered from Ebola. Seven of them survived.

The blood of people who have recently recovered from an infection contains antibodies that the body develops naturally to fight that infection. The transfusion of these antibodies into infected individuals (as whole blood, plasma, or concentrated antibodies) has a long history and has been proposed as a possible treatment for Ebola virus disease.

see more at: http://www.dddmag.com/news/2016/03/treating-ebola-plasma

Meeting / Event Tags:

Meeting

Product Demonstrations

Conference

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Read more about Treating Ebola with Plasma
Log in or register to post comments

Building A More Resilient West Africa - How Open Innovation Can Help

Sat, 2016-02-27 20:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Improving local health workers’ access to real-time health information will enable a faster and better response to global health threats. / Neil Brandvold, USAID

medium.com/usaid-2030 - by Ann Mei Chang - February 11, 2016

. . . The next generation of health information systems have to not only quickly and accurately deliver the necessary information to healthcare workers, but they need to be able to communicate with each other. The wide range of people involved in combating epidemics such as Ebola need to be able to efficiently and seamlessly share information to ensure coordinated responses and better resource distribution. . . .

. . . To get the conversation started, USAID put out a call for innovative concepts for improving interoperability within health information systems in the developing world. We gathered over 40 organizations for a three-day co-creation workshop in Washington, D.C. in November. Almost 100 experts — including donors, engineers, software developers and implementers in the field — arrived to co-design a solution. . . .

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

CLICK HERE - Press Release - American Academy of Neurology (AAN) - Most Ebola Survivors Examined in Study Experienced Brain Symptoms Six Months After Infection

Read more about Building A More Resilient West Africa - How Open Innovation Can Help
Log in or register to post comments

Ebola Survivors Suffer Long-Term Consequences: Studies

Sat, 2016-02-27 00:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Most people who survive an Ebola infection will have long-lasting health problems, say doctors from the US National Institutes of Health.

CLICK HERE - Abstract - Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease Have Persistent Neurologic Deficits

nbcnews.com - by Maggie Fox - February 24, 2016

From headaches and memory loss to vision problems and infected semen, Ebola survivors are suffering serious, long-term effects from their battles with the deadly virus, new studies show.

The most high-profile patient may be Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who is back in a London hospital for the second time after her recovery from infection. But thousands of people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are also suffering, researchers say.

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Read more about Ebola Survivors Suffer Long-Term Consequences: Studies
Log in or register to post comments

At Davos, U.N. Appeals For Final $1 Billion To Fight Ebola

Sat, 2016-01-23 05:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Fabrice Coffrini via Getty Images

huffingtonpost.com - by Ben Hirschler

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - United Nations agencies need a final $1 billion to fight West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic as experts move to a new phase involving a massive detective operation to trace remaining cases, the U.N. Ebola chief said on Wednesday.

David Nabarro estimated that an overall total of $4 billion in new money, equivalent to all the aid committed so far, was needed by relief agencies and the worst affected countries themselves to end the epidemic and "help these countries to get back to the economic trajectory they had."

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

CLICK HERE - WHO - Latest Ebola outbreak over in Liberia; West Africa is at zero, but new flare-ups are likely to occur

Read more about At Davos, U.N. Appeals For Final $1 Billion To Fight Ebola
Log in or register to post comments

WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak In West Africa Over After Liberia Found Free Of The Disease

Thu, 2016-01-14 22:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by George Hurlburt

Zoom Dosso / AFP / Getty Images

It’s been more than 42 days since the last case – although officials warn that it is likely to return.

buzzfeed.com - by Tom Chivers - January 14, 2016

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola.

The west African country hasn’t seen a new case in 42 days. That’s the measure the WHO uses to determine whether an outbreak is still ongoing.

It means that, for the first time since December 2013, the whole of West Africa (and the world) is free of the disease.

It’s been the worst Ebola outbreak in history, killing at least 11,000 people, mainly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

However, the WHO warns that new cases are likely.

(READ COMPLETE ARTICLE)

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Read more about WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak In West Africa Over After Liberia Found Free Of The Disease
Log in or register to post comments

How Post-Ebola Syndrome is Making Life Difficult After the Dreaded Disease

Thu, 2016-01-14 16:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gavin Macgregor-Skinner

Al Jazeera America - (Tonight) Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 930pm EST

Survivors of Ebola report strange symptoms as America Tonight examines how post-Ebola syndrome is making life difficult after the dreaded disease. (new, 30 minutes)

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW - Watch at 930pm EST on Thursday, Jan 14, 2016
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight.html

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?:

Read more about How Post-Ebola Syndrome is Making Life Difficult After the Dreaded Disease
Log in or register to post comments

Ebola Treatment Using Plasma From Survivors Is Not Effective, Study Says

Fri, 2016-01-08 00:14 — mike kraft

THE NEW YORK TIMES By Sheri Fink, MD January 7, 2007

A treatment once considered among the most promising for Ebola patients was not found to be effective in a study performed in Guinea, researchers reported Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Country / Region Tags:

General Topic Tags:

Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: