CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: CDC Around the World This Week: Ebola

martes, 12 de agosto de 2014

CDC Around the World This Week: Ebola

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

CDC and partners are actively engaged in responding to the
Ebola outbreak in West Africa. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Ebola

CDC Ebola Updates

In the News

On the Calendar

Blog of the Week

THE HIGH STAKES IN FIGHTING EBOLA: LEAVE ONE BURNING EMBER AND THE EPIDEMIC COULD RE-IGNITE

CDC and our partners are currently fighting the biggest and most complex outbreak of Ebola virus disease ever recorded. There are hundreds of cases in West Africa and now a new cluster of cases in Nigeria is very concerning. The spread of Ebola shows what happens if we don’t have meticulous infection control, contact tracing, and proper isolation of those with symptoms of the disease…read blog

Infographic of the Week

GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY: STOPPING THE EBOLA OUTBREAK

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Video of the Week

WHO RESPONDS TO EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK IN WEST AFRICA(from the World Health Organization, April 2014)

In March 2014, the Ministry of Health of Guinea notified WHO of an Ebola virus disease outbreak in the southeastern part of the country. This video was produced in April 2014. The virus rapidly spread to the capital, Conakry, as well as to neighboring countries, such as Liberia. WHO, along with partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and other international organizations, responded to requests from countries and deployed doctors and nurses, laboratory technicians, epidemiologists, logisticians, and other support staff to Conakry and other affected locations…watch video

Story of the Week

CDC’S DISEASE DETECTIVES RESPOND TO THE 2014 EBOLA OUTBREAK
DISEASE DETECTIVE: KELSEY

Crammed with six other passengers in a tiny plane circling a dirt runway in a remote area of Guinea, Kelsey peered out the window to see a pickup truck frantically chasing goats out of the landing path. That landing might seem nerve wracking, but Kelsey says it was the easiest part of her mission to Guekedou, Guinea—the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak exploding in West Africa…read story

CDC Ebola Updates

Latest Outbreak Info
The World Health Organization, in partnership with the Ministries of Health in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria announced a cumulative total of 1779 suspect and confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and 961 deaths, as of August 6, 2014. Of the 1779 clinical cases, 1134 cases have been laboratory confirmed for Ebola virus infection…read more

Case Definition

Info for Clinicians in U.S. Healthcare Settings

CDC Ebola Digital Press Kit