viernes, 24 de julio de 2015

CDC Around the World: Ebola in Sierra Leone

CDC Around the World: Ebola in Sierra Leone



CDC Around the World



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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Health care workers participate in a simulation exercise on
Ebola infection prevention and control in Freetown,
Sierra Leone. View full-sized photo
Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Ebola in Sierra Leone 
CDC Ebola Updates
In the News
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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Ebola in Sierra Leone
Blog of the Week
HARD BUT FULLFILLING WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA 
The fruit bat dropped silently from the delivery room ceiling and quickly crawled away as the nurse explained how she mixed the 0.5% chlorine solution used to sterilize the medical instruments. It was a normal day of assessing the infection prevention and control (IPC) procedures of peripheral health units (PHUs) in the rural areas of Kambia district, Sierra Leone. Bats are very common in PHUs, creating challenges to IPC steps and standards…read blog
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Infographic of the Week
HEALTHCARE WORKERS TRAINED IN EBOLA INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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Video of the Week
SIERRA LEONE: EBOLA TRAINING ACADEMY IN FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
Since 1 December 2014, The International Organization for Migration managed National Ebola Training Academy at the Siaka Stevens Stadium and the Faculty of Nursing, College of Medicine in Freetown, Sierra Leone has trained over 5,900 frontline health care professionals on Infection Prevention and Control in collaboration with…watch video
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Story of the Week
IMPROVING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN SIERRA LEONE
At the height of Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak, the walls of Connaught Hospital in Freetown were papered with tributes to dozens of staff members who had been infected with Ebola at the hospital and died. Tragically, they represent only a fraction of the doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, and hygienists who were infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone…read story
STORY


CDC Ebola Updates
Latest Outbreak Info
The World Health Organization has reported 27,741 cases of Ebola and 11,284 deaths worldwide…read more

Q & A on Ebola

Updated Case Counts (From WHO Situation Reports)

The Road to Zero: CDC’s Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic, 2014–2015
Distribution map showing districts and cities reporting suspect cases of Ebola
More resources on the CDC Ebola website >>






In the News
CDC versus Ebola: The Road to Zero CDC Newsroom

Driven to Extinction
The Scientist
On the Calendar

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