CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: CDC Around the World: Ebola

jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2014

CDC Around the World: Ebola

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

The best way to protect Americans from Ebola is to stop the
outbreak in West Africa. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Ebola

CDC Ebola Updates

In the News

On the Calendar

Real time contact tracing system used in Nigeria to track Ebola resposne (September 9, 2014)

Blog of the Week

PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS HELP AT-RISK COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR EBOLA

A recent news story in Bloomberg Businessweek proclaims “How to Avert an Ebola Nightmare: Lessons from Nigeria’s Victory.” The article outlines the remarkable achievement of Nigeria’s Ministry of Health with partners, including CDC, to contain the spread of Ebola in that country. Now declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria stands as a case study for other nations who are at high-risk for transmission of Ebola from neighboring countries…read blog

Infographic of the Week

2014 EBOLA RESPONSE: CDC IN ACTION

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Video of the Week

MAMADEE: THE BOY WHO TRICKED EBOLA

In the ‘Ebola-confirmed’ area of MSF’s Case Management Centre (CMC) in Foya, Liberia, roughly two thirds of patients don’t survive the Ebola virus. The patients gather on wooden benches and plastic chairs. Out of a transistor radio plays loud Azonto, music originating from Ghana. People are weak, lying in their beds while their immune systems are trying to fight the deadly invader in their bodies. Except one: Mamadee, a young boy of eleven years, is performing an Azonto dance, as the crowd watches him. It is difficult to believe but Mamadee is a patient. An Ebola-confirmed patient. watch video

Story of the Week

CDC SUPPLEMENTS EBOLA ASSISTANCE TO LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, AND GUINEA BY PREPARING NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES TO RAPIDLY DETECT AND CONTAIN EBOLA

As of October 31, 2014, CDC has deployed 361 epidemiologists, public health analysts, communication specialists, and other staff to help control the spread of Ebola in heavily affected countries. In parallel effort, the Agency is shoring up defenses in countries that border Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea…read story

CDC Ebola Updates

Latest Outbreak Info
The World Health Organization has reported 13,567cases of Ebola and 4,960 deaths worldwide…read more

Q & A on Ebola

Fact Sheet: Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of Ebola
Questions and Answers: Infection Control in General Healthcare Settings in Countries with Widespread Ebola Transmission (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone)