Link: Ebola Digest Sun 26 Oct
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 last night.
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 beginning of their news digest below.
That link again: https://eboladigest.blogspot.co.uk/
The real worry isn't Ebola in New York. It's Ebola in Mali
Washington Post--Despite the panic over a doctor with Ebola in New York City, a case half the world away may be more dangerous in the long run. On Thursday, Mali's health minister confirmed that the country has its first confirmed Ebola case: A 2-year-old girl in the western Kayes region who had recently traveled to neighboring Guinea. The toddler is now reported to have died from the disease. While the diagnosis of Craig Spencer, a doctor who had treated Ebola patients in Guinea, dominated headlines in the U.S., the fight against Ebola in West Africa is already stretched, and opening another front in Mali could be a big problem. "On a global scale, this case in Mali is a much more strategic advantage that the virus got," Amesh A. Adalja of the Infectious Diseases Society of America said in an interview.
New York Doctor With Ebola 'Looks Better': Official Says
NBC News--Dr. Craig Spencer, who is being treated for Ebola in Manhattan after becoming New York's first resident to be diagnosed with the deadly virus, is in serious but stable condition and looks better, a hospital official said Sunday. Dr. Ram Raju, president of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, said he spoke earlier Sunday with Spencer, who was experiencing "the expected symptoms of the virus." "The patient looks better than he looked yesterday, but he remains in serious but stable condition," Raju said at a press conference, declining to elaborate on symptoms that Spencer is experiencing, citing patient privacy. "He tolerated the plasma treatment well (from an aid worker who had been ill with Ebola) and had a good night sleep."
Ebola creating atmosphere of fear in shipping industry as coastguard steps in
Guardian--Maritime and Coastguard Agency monitoring vessels entering UK waters that have visited ports in west Africa affected by virus Ships entering UK waters that have visited ports in west Africa affected by the Ebola virus are being monitored by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which is asking them to provide details of the health status on board.There have been claims of an atmosphere of fear in the shipping industry, which has led to some seafarers and shipowners refusing to call at those ports in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea at the centre of the medical emergency.
Fauci: Quarantine can have unintended consequences
(AP) Mandatory 21-day quarantines on health care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa, like those put in place by three states, can have the unintended consequence of discouraging them from volunteering, a top federal health official said Sunday.
Doctor's fiance under quarantine
CNN--The fiance of ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer is quarantined in her apartment.
Colleagues: US doctor with Ebola was very careful
AP--An American doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in Guinea was a hard worker who conscientiously followed safety procedures, two colleagues said Saturday
WHO: Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report - 25 October 2014
WHO--A total of 10 141 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in six affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Spain, and the United States of America) and two previously affected countries (Nigeria, Senegal) up to the end of 23 October. There have been 4922 reported deaths. Following the WHO Ebola Response Roadmap structure1 , country reports fall into two categories: 1) those with widespread and intense transmission (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone); and 2) those with or that have had an initial case or cases, or with localized transmission (Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, and the United States of America). An overview of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a separate, unrelated outbreak of EVD is occurring, is also provided (see Annex 1).
Current Aid Promises Won't Contain Liberia's Ebola Outbreak
time--Liberia does not have the resources it needs to end the Ebola outbreak any time soon.
Ebola patient who died in Mali had contact with at least 300 others
Officials in Mali are working to identify everyone who came into contact with a two-year-old girl who has died from Ebola. She had travelled with her grandmother for hundreds of kilometres by bus through Mali from Guinea.
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
U.S. Ebola fighters head to Africa, but will the military and civilian effort be enough?
Washington Post--Hundreds of Americans have flown to Liberia in the past few days. Thousands more are on the way. This Ebola corps is a collection of doctors, nurses, scientists, soldiers, aviators, technicians, mechanics and engineers. Many are volunteers with nonprofit organizations or the government, including uniformed doctors and nurses from the little-known U.S. Public Health Service. Most are military personnel, snapping a salute when are assigned to their mission — "Operation United Assistance."
Army General Takes Command of Ebola Response Operation
Defense.gov--Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, 101st Airborne Division commander, in Monrovia, Liberia assumed command of Joint Forces Command – Operation United Assistance and the fight against Ebola in West Africa.
More US troops join Liberia Ebola mission
Washington Post--Thousands more U.S. soldiers are to join the American mission to fight Ebola in Liberia, as a ship loaded with aid arrives at the sea port of Buchanan.
Samantha Power travels to Guinea for humanity amid Ebola outbreak
State Dept.--The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations landed in Guinea early Sunday on the first leg of her trip to Ebola-stricken
Ethiopia to Send 200 Volunteer Health Experts to Ebola Victim Countries
Ethiopia has decided to send 210 volunteer health experts to West African countries hit by Ebola, Ministry of Health announced. The government will also donate 10 million birr to the countries. Health Minister Dr. Kesetebirhan Admassu told journalists today that Ebola virus which surfaced in the region ten months ago has spread alarmingly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone,and is now a threat to the world. Therefore the government of Ethiopia has decided to send 210 volunteer health experts in two batches to the countries by taking into consideration their limited capacity and input, the minister elaborated. According to Dr. Kesetebirhan, the team of the volunteers would consist of medical doctors, nurses and field epidemiologists. The team will provide treatment, quarantine and support the infected, and create awareness among the communities.
October 24 that the Chinese government will deliver the 4th batch of assistance to Western African countries to help them fight the Ebola epidemic. Please give us more details on the assistance. A: On October 24, President Xi Jinping declared that the Chinese government will deliver the 4th batch of assistance to Western African countries to help them fight the Ebola epidemic. According to relevant arrangement, the Chinese side will provide hospital beds, ambulances, motorcycles, protective equipment and other urgently-needed supplies to the three countries plagued by the epidemic, help build a treatment center equipped with about 100 beds in Liberia, the worst affected country by Ebola, and send medical staff there for its operation.
WHO data raises alarm for medics working in Ebola areas
Medics in Ebola affected areas have been found by the World Health Organisation to be at serious and maximum risk of getting infected.
Fort Bliss soldiers deploy for Ebola mission
stripes--About 75 soldiers from a West Texas Army post are being deployed this weekend to West Africa as part of a U.S. military mission in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Focused on the Fight Against Ebola
The White House--In this week's address, the President discusses the measures we are taking to respond to Ebola cases at home, while containing the epidemic at its source in West Africa.
UN Aircraft Flies Medical Supplies For The World Health Organization To Mali
A United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) aircraft has flown one metric ton of critical medical supplies on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Malian capital of Bamako after the first case of Ebola was identified in the country. UNHAS, managed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), dispatched the special flight from Liberia?s capital Monrovia and it landed in Bamako on Friday night with the supplies, including personnel protection equipment kits, gloves, face shields and buckets. ?Speed is of the essence in this Ebola crisis. Agencies such as WFP and WHO are working on every hour to confront together the virus as a matter of priority?, said Denise Brown, WFP?s West Africa Regional Director for the WFP in Dakar.
Stamford-Based AmeriCares Sends First Ebola Aid Shipment To Guinea
An AmeriCares shipment is headed to help fight the Ebola outbreak in Guinea. Photo Credit: Contributed. Related Stories. All Hospitals In Connecticut Complete State-Ordered Ebola Drills · Sun Will Make Weekend Return To Wilton ·
Rules of the Road for Humanitarian Volunteers During the Ebola Outbreak.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - Wildes R, Kayden S, Goralnick E, Niescierenko M, Aschkenasy M, Kemen KM, Vanrooyen M, Biddinger P, Cranmer H
Sign Me Up: Rules of the Road for Humanitarian Volunteers During the Ebola Outbreak. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Oct 24;:1-2 Authors: Wildes R, Kayden S, Goralnick E, Niescierenko M, Aschkenasy M, Kemen KM, Vanrooyen M, Biddinger P, Cranmer H Abstract The current Ebola outbreak is the worst global public health emergency of our generation, and our global health care community must and will rise to serve those affected. Aid organizations participating in the Ebola response must carefully plan to carry out their responsibility to ensure the health, safety, and security of their responders. At the same time, individual health care workers and their employers must evaluate the ability of an aid organization to protect its workers in the complex environment of this unheralded Ebola outbreak.
Government has pledged to deploy 200 volunteer health professionals to West Africa and also donated 500,000 USD to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The health professionals comprises medical doctors, nurses, field epidemiologists, environmental health personnel and public health specialists. These medics will engage in Ebola case management/treatment, surveillance, contact tracing, social mobilization, and community engagement, and will also assist national health systems in the affected countries to continue their essential and basic health, food, water and sanitation services. Maki...
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