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American Doctor Sick With Ebola Now Fighting For His Life

Sat, 2014-08-02 17:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

When Dr. Kent Brantly finished his residency in Texas two years ago, he and his family immediately moved to West Africa to help people there. JPS Health Network/AP

npr.org - by Lauren Silverman - July 29, 2014

. . . Brantly says he isn't sure how he got infected. He's certain he didn't violate any safety guidelines.

Samaritan's Purse is working with the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify the source of contamination at the ward, says the group's spokesperson, Melissa Strickland.

Brantly was working with nearly two dozen Ebola patients, but Strickland says he followed strict protocols. He covered every inch of his body before entering the Ebola ward in a protective suit. "It would take at least 30 minutes to get that suit on properly," she says.

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Documentation on Ebola cases - Rhiza Labs Forum

Sat, 2014-08-02 17:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

fluboard.rhizalabs.com

Ebola Case Scheduled For Transfer To Emory In Atlanta
http://fluboard.rhizalabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11894

Transfers Out of West Africa Due To Ebola
http://fluboard.rhizalabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11901

2 Suspect Ebola Cases In Nigeria
http://fluboard.rhizalabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11903

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WHO Director-General assesses the Ebola outbreak with three West African presidents

Fri, 2014-08-01 22:47 — Elhadj Drame

Dr Margaret Chan
Director-General of the World Health Organization

Overview of the Ebola situation delivered to the Presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
Conakry, Guinea
1 August 2014

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How deforestation shares the blame for the Ebola epidemic

Fri, 2014-08-01 22:36 — Elhadj Drame

Like most matters involving an Ebola epidemic, chronicling its first horrifying infection is not an easy endeavor. But even in circumstances in which details are hard to come by, certain similarities have emerged. The first contact often occurs in remote, rural communities where a victim handles an infected animal carcass, and things quickly progress downward from there.

One outbreak in Ivory Coast was sparked when an ethologist touched an infected, dead chimpanzee. In Gabon and the Republic of Congo, scientists linked several outbreaks to extensive deaths of forest chimpanzees and gorillas. And in this most current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa — which has been called “out of control”...

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Transmission of Ebola virus

Fri, 2014-08-01 11:42 — JSole

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Safe burial to reduce Ebola spread

Fri, 2014-08-01 11:37 — JSole

Another challenge in trying to contain Ebola is the very strong cultural beliefs in that area of Africa.

The No. 1 contamination risk is touching the body around the time someone has died from Ebola.

"They do rituals before they bury the body that involves washing the bodies and even, sometimes, sleeping with them, the dead person."

So after someone dies at a treatment centre, the Doctors Without Borders staff bring the family to the centre and do what they call a safe burial.

"We wash the body and we put them in a body bag, but with the zipper open so they can see the face, and we bring the body to the village," in conjunction with the Guinea Red Cross, Forget says.

"People can still do a burial process but in a safe way so they don't touch the body … they can still pray and perform ceremonies but without touching the body.

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Spread of Ebola virus

Fri, 2014-08-01 11:27 — JSole

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Ebola : ouverture d'un sommet régional à Conakry

Fri, 2014-08-01 03:01 — Elhadj Drame

Les présidents de la Guinée, du Liberia, de la Sierra Leone et de la Côte d'Ivoire sont attendus vendredi à Conakry pour participer à un sommet régional consacré à l'épidémie d'Ebola.

Un sommet régional consacré à l'épidémie d'Ebola se tient vendredi 1er août à Conakry en présence des chefs d'État de la Guinée, du Liberia, de la Sierra Leone et de la Côte d'Ivoire. La directrice de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), Margaret Chan, participera également au sommet où elle lancera un plan d'un montant de 100 millions de dollars.

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