Ebola: Then and Now - Rick Brennan
In September 2014 we were seeing over 950 cases per week. The number of cases at that point was increasing exponentially. We didn’t have the resources or the capacities to catch up with the outbreak. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - November 3, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Ebola: Then and Now – Bruce Aylward
The most extraordinary thing that has happened is that by the 1st of December 2014 the curve was starting to bend because 70% of cases were being isolated, 70% of people who died from Ebola were being safely buried. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - November 1, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Ebola diaries: Bringing help to those in desperate need
Ebola diary: Ian Norton is an emergency physician who came to West Africa to help find and coordinate foreign medical teams to treat people with Ebola virus disease. Under Ian’s guidance, WHO developed a registry of foreign medical teams around the world able to respond rapidly not only to Ebola but to many other health emergencies. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - October 7, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Rapid response to new Ebola infection in Bombali, Sierra Leone
Story from Sierra Leone: WHO is helping Sierra Leone to mobilize all its experience and partners to ensure that any new cases of Ebola are investigated and transmission of the disease stopped as rapidly as possible. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - September 16, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Stopping Ebola: It takes collaboration to care for a village
Photo story from Kambia, Sierra Leone with examples of what it takes to close down Ebola virus transmission in a quarantined village. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - September 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Sierra Leone celebrates milestone on road to ending Ebola
Sierra Leone celebrated an important milestone on Monday, 24 August 2015. For the first time in more than a year, there are no people being treated for Ebola virus disease and no confirmed cases of Ebola in the country. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 25, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
The road to redemption: Infection prevention and control in the era of Ebola
In August 2014, the hospital was at the center of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia. It quickly became overwhelmed and, for a time, had to close its inpatient department. However, after decontamination of contaminated wards, reinforcement of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices, and outbreak response training, the inpatient department was able to reopen. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 25, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola Source Type: blogs
Ebola diaries: Psychological toll to endure
Ebola diary by a WHO logistician Francis Mulemba was deployed to Liberia to support training of the national burial teams. He said that situation in Liberia was unlike any other Ebola outbreak he had experienced before. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 21, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Exploring fear to regain trust: Getting children to health care in Sierra Leone
Intense surveillance in Kambia, Sierra Leone has revealed around 75% of deaths have been occurring in children under 5. Even though Ebola transmission was halted in Kambia last month, mothers still are afraid of Ebola and don’t take their young children to health centres. WHO epidemiologists are countering misperceptions to get mothers and their children back to the health centres and lower childhood mortality rates. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 21, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child, child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], eb Source Type: blogs
Ebola survivors clinic opens in Monrovia
Surviving Ebola is only part of the story. Many patients experience "post-Ebola" symptoms - joint pain, dizziness, blurred vision, inability to concentrate, headaches. The Ebola Survivors Clinic, opened recently at the Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, not only offers treatment, support and training for Ebola survivors, but also helps health-care workers better understand this disease. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 12, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola Source Type: blogs
Sierra Leone: Tracing Ebola in Tonkolili
When the Tonkolili District reported a new case of Ebola on 24 July 2015, it marked a change in the Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak. It was the first case in that area for more than 150 days, it resulted in a whole village being quarantined, and it showed how Ebola can travel quickly and no district can let down its guard until there are zero cases of Ebola. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - August 4, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Guinea: Ebola vaccine trial
Photo gallery on Ebola vaccine trials in Guinea. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - July 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Vaccinating and registering the children born during Ebola
Sierra Leone conducts immunization and birth registration campaigns for children under five (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - July 23, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, eb Source Type: blogs
Ebola diaries: Helping people to stay safe
Dr Carmem Pessoa, is an infection control specialist, was deployed to Liberia in September 2014 when the Ebola outbreak was at its height. The number of people ill with Ebola greatly outnumbered the number of treatment beds. This is how Dr Pessoa da Silva and colleagues brought that help. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - July 21, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
Ebola diaries: Lessons from previous Ebola outbreaks help with the response in Guinea
Ebola diary by Marie Claire Mwanza, a social mobilization expert, in Guinea to support the Ebola outbreak response there. (Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak)
Source: WHO Features on the Ebola Outbreak - July 15, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola virus disease, ebola [subject], ebola haemhorragic fever, ebola virus, ebola fever, ebola Source Type: blogs
