Points saillants Au total, 9 212 cas (suspects, probables et confirmés) et 4 554 décès (létalité 49,4 %) ont été rapportés par l’OMS dans 5 pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Guinée, Sierra-Léone, Libéria, Nigéria et Sénégal). Depuis la dernière parution du Point Epidémiologique, la Sierra Léone rapporte 460 nouveaux cas, le …
Rapid communications: Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014, published on eurosurveillance.org We analyse up-to-date epidemiological data of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria as of 1 October 2014 in order to estimate the case fatality rate, the proportion of healthcare workers …
The truth about Ebola STEPS Centre researchers are studying how Ebola and other zoonotic diseases are understood by different actors in the media, institutions and localities in Africa. Our work sets dominant views of Ebola based on security, global risks and biomedical framings of the disease, against neglected perspectives based …
Film de Frédéric Brunnquell et Alain Epelboin Comment parer à une urgence médicale tout en respectant les coutumes et les croyances d’une population ? Et comment sensibiliser des familles en détresse aux dangers d’un virus meurtrier ? Retour au Congo sur les lieux d’une épidémie effrayante. Ebola : …
Ebola en RDC : une nouvelle souche du virus Paris, 15 octobre 2014 Alors qu’une épidémie d’Ebola fait rage depuis mars 2014 en Afrique de l’Ouest, un foyer de cette fièvre hémorragique est apparu en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) au mois d’août dernier, laissant craindre une propagation du virus en …
Case counts updated in conjunction with the World Health Organization updates and are based on information reported by the Ministries of Health As of October 12, 2014 (Updated October 15, 2014) Countries with Widespread Transmission Country Total Cases Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Guinea 1472 1184 843 Liberia 4249 950 2458 …
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Key facts Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality …
Caring as existential insecurity: quarantine, care, and human insecurity in the Ebola crisis By Sung-Joon Park and René Umlauf Ebola 2014. Chronicle of a well-prepared disaster By Guillaume Lachenal From the dragon’s perspective: an initial report on China’s response to the unfolding Ebola epidemic By Emilio Dirlikov and Qiuyu Jiang …
Since early 2014, the international coverage of Africa has been dominated by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Much of that coverage represents the region as helpless and hopeless, a tragic victim of illogical beliefs and dangerous cultural practices. The contributors to this Hot Spots series offer their personal and …