We'll be running these regularly for the time being - the link to the most recent edition of the excellent daily Ebola Digest. Today's article image is a table of cases and deaths per country correct as of yesterday.

There's a huge amount of info in this excellent daily resource and we suggest you check out the source. In the meantime we've reproduced the country-specific section of their news digest below, in the hope it may be of particular interest and use to our readers.

That link again: https://eboladigest.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/ebola-digest-mon-102714.html

Guinea

Guinea: Beyla reports first cases

A town in Forest Guinea to the south of the country, Beyla just recorded the first case of Ebola virus. According to the health authorities of the prefecture, 10 cases were positive for Ebola virus identified in a sample taken from 14 subjects. The director of the regional hospital, Dr Mamady Kourouma has largely case of death of the village Moribadou.

Washington restates Ebola pledge to Guinea

Star Africa--The United States permanent envoy to the United Nations, Samantha Power has pledged unflagging support and solidarity to the people of Guinea in their crusade against the deadly Ebola virus, APA can report Monday.According to the Guinean presidency's communication office, Mrs. Power was on a short trip to Guinea during which she held talks with [...]The post Washington restates Ebola pledge to Guinea appeared first on News - StarAfrica.com.

Ebola: Guinea to draft medical graduates

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, meets with officials at the Guinea Ebola Co-ordination Centre in Conakry. Picture: Michelle Nichols. Conakry - Guinea plans to ;...

Liberia

Liberia: The EU's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

The current Ebola outbreak is affecting the West Africa region: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and now Mali. By 23 October, there have been more than 10141 reported cases, including 4922 deaths from the disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The disease has already claimed the lives of more than 240 health workers. What are the challenges and needs? The Ebola epidemic presents major challenges related to transport, coordination, equipment, and the availability of trained medical staff. Air transport (commercial air services, air ambulances, or even military airlift) is essential for tackling the epidemic, notably for the entry and circulation of health workers and supplies, medical evacuation and keeping EU diplomatic missions operational in the countries concerned. Closure of borders, suspension of flights and absence of traffic rights for air ambulances.   

Liberia: Liberia Ebola Daily Sitrep no. 161

Highlights, 23 Oct 2014 Bong County: ? No report received from ETU Montserrado: ? Burial teams have been set up in Careysburg, Todee, and Bensonville Cape Mount: ? MTI provided rain gear, plastic folders and ledgers to gCHVs and health facilities staff ? There is a stock out of survival kits and PPEs   

Liberia cremates 1,700 bodies of Ebola victims since August

Star Africa--The head of Liberia's Ebola management team, Ciatta Bishop, has disclosed that approximately 1,700 bodies have been cremated since the process began in early August. Speaking during the Information Ministry's daily Ebola briefings on Monday, Bishop said the ashes of some of the cremated bodies were given to relatives upon their request. According to Bishop, [...]   

China boosts Liberia's fight against Ebola

Star Africa--Building materials and medical equipment were flown into Liberia on Sunday by the People's Republic of China as part of its assistance in the fight against Ebola in the country.The arrival of the materials and equipment followed the arrival of a 15-member advanced team of medical doctors, epidemiologists, designers, engineers and technicians to help boost [...]   

Liberia: Ebola: Experienced doctors still rare

IRIN) - The difficulty of finding doctors with field experience is hampering international medical intervention to help curb Ebola in West Africa. Fear of contracting the virus and restricted air travel have also slowed the response. During a visit to the three most affected countries that began in Guinea this weekend, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, criticized those countries who promised to send doctors and other aid, but have not yet delivered. More than 240 medical workers have died of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to World Health Organization (WHO), while regular commercial flights to the affected countries have dwindled, throttling travel and aid delivery.    

In Liberia, Ebola survivors care for orphans of the disease

Los Angeles Times--Each has a survival story, one that began with a gesture of love and care and led to hell and back. Eight Liberian survivors of Ebola, they are now caring for children whose parents died of the virus.    

UNMEER delegation visits US Ebola response operations in Liberia

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Members of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response spent the morning of Oct. 24 traveling across Liberia learning about Operation United Assistance and its efforts in stopping the spread of Ebola. 

Liberia: AUC, AfDB and ECA confident that countries will beat Ebola Virus Disease

Leaders of three Pan-African institutions ? the African Union Commission?s Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the African Development Bank?s Dr Donald Kaberuka, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa?s Dr. Carlos Lopes ? concluded a solidarity tour on Friday 24 October 2014 in Conakry, Guinea. The visit ended with a confident call to step up resource mobilisation, enhance coordination, fight stigmatization, promote Africa?s readiness for business and its continued rise. Starting off in Ghana, the visit took in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d?Ivoire, before rounding off in Guinea. They met with Heads of Government, cabinet Ministers, parliamentarians, civil society and media in the affected countries, as well as with leaders of two neighbouring countries, Ghana and Côte d?Ivoire.        

Liberia: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) External Situation Report, 24 October 2014

Mali has confirmed its first case of EVD. ? The WHO Emergency Committee in Geneva agreed that the EVD outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Key Political and Economic Developments 1 . SRSG Banbury continued his consultation with the governments of the affected countries on the operational framework for the EVD response, meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Once consultations have concluded, the framework will be tailored to the specific circumstances of each affected country. Key elements are already being rapidly implemented as all partners in the EVD crisis response work toward the overall goal of 70 per cent of cases isolated and 70 per cent of burials conducted safely and in a dignified manner by 1 December. 2 .

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Phylodynamic Analysis of Ebola Virus in the 2014 Sierra Leone Epidemic

The Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic in Western Africa is the largest in recorded history and control efforts have so far failed to stem the rapid growth in the number of infections. Mathematical models serve a key role in estimating epidemic growth rates and the reproduction number (R0) from surveillance data and, recently, molecular sequence data. Phylodynamic analysis of existing EBOV time-stamped sequence data may provide independent estimates of the unobserved number of infections, reveal recent epidemiological history, and provide insight into selective pressures acting upon viral genes.    

Sierra Leone: Freetown city authorities unveil new anti-Ebola plan

Star Africa--Prohibition of street trading is among plans earmarked for execution as part of the Freetown City Council (FCC)`s revised plan to tackle the ongoing Ebola epidemic. Mayor Franklyn Bode Gibson said Monday in a statement that a new plan was necessary given the continued spread of the disease, despite all efforts to contain it. The [...]      

MOH Sierra Leone - EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE - SITUATION REPORT (Sit-Rep) ??? 26 October, 2014

Sierra Leone: French company donates medical Containers to Sierra Leone

The relentless diplomatic lobbying by Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie in his countries of accreditation (Belgium, Netherland, France, Greece, Luxembourg and The Vatican) since the outbreak of the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone, continue to yield positive results. After witnessing the dispatch of two 20ft Containers loaded with medical equipment in Holland for Freetown last Monday, a French security company which specializes in the supply of security outfits to the Military, Police, Gendamerie, Fire-force etc, has also shipped two 20ft Containers of medical equipment to Freetown. The ship carrying the two Containers provided by MAG FORCE International is expected to berth at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Quay in Freetown, first week in November.    

Sierra Leone: Ebola Virus Disease - Situation Report (Sit-Rep) ? 26 October, 2014

Sierra Leone: Ebola Outbreak Updates - October 26, 2014

DISCHARGED CASES Total Survived and Released Patients = 724 ? NEW CASES New Confirmed cases = 70 as follows: Kailahun = 0, Kenema = 4, Kono = 0 Bombali = 13, Kambia = 0, Koinadugu = 0, Port Loko = 0, Tonkolili = 7 Bo = 3, Bonthe = 0, Moyamba = 2, Pujehun = 0 Western Area Urban = 15, Western Area Rural = 21 ? CUMULATIVE CASES Cumulative confirmed cases = 3,562 as follows: Kailahun = 551, Kenema = 480, Kono =38 Bombali = 497, Kambia = 30, Koinadugu = 9, Port Loko = 491, Tonkolili = 180 Bo = 167, Bonthe = 2, Moyamba = 90, Pujehun = 26 Western Area Urban = 559, Western Area Rural = 442 ? CUMULATIVE DEATHS Total cumulative confirmed death is 1037 Probable cases = 82 Probable deaths = 211 Suspected cases = 488 Suspected deaths = 135 IMPORTANT NOTE