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Ebola vaccine trials raise ethical issues

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

The Ebola virus keeps spreading in West Africa and some researchers say that a vaccine is necessary to halt the epidemic. The two most advanced candidates have recently entered safety trials, and if they do not cause harm and trigger the immune response scientists hope to see, the World Health …

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Ebola Doctors at Breaking Point: ‘This Constant Feeling That the Boat’s Sinking’

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Society & Culture

By Makiko Kitamura and Naomi Kresge, October 20, 2014, BloombergBusinessweek http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-10-19/ebola-front-line-doctors-at-breaking-point At 3:30 a.m. in the world’s biggest Ebola treatment center, Daniel Lucey found the outbreak reduced to its essentials: patients lying on mattresses on the floor and vomiting in the dark, visible only by the wavering flashlight beam of a …

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Le nouveau « Monsieur Ebola » fait le point sur la recherche en France

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, Epidemiology & Public Health, France, French, Guinea, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

Le 21/20/2014, par Damien Coulomb, sur http://www.lequotidiendumedecin.fr/ Le Pr Jean-François Delfraissy, directeur de l’Institut de microbiologie et maladies infectieuses (IMMI), vient d’être nommé par le Premier ministre Manuel Valls « coordinateur de l’ensemble des opérations internationales et nationales de réponse » à la crise Ebola. En compagnie d’Yves Lévy, président d’Aviesan et PDG de l’INSERM, il fait …

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Comment le Nigeria a vaincu Ebola

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Investigative journalism, Nigeria, Politics & Economy, Society & Culture

Par CORDÉLIA BONAL, 21 Octobre 2014 À 07:34, Libération.fr L’OMS a déclaré lundi la fin officielle de l’épidémie dans le pays, où vingt personnes ont été touchées. Le Nigeria a échappé au scénario noir. Quand, le 20 juillet, un premier cas d’Ebola s’est manifesté à Lagos, mégalopole de plus de vingt millions d’habitants, …

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Point épidémiologique en Afrique de l’Ouest au 20 octobre 2014 – INVS

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Peer reviewed, Senegal, Sierra Leone

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 …

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Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Nigeria, Peer reviewed

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 …

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Les chercheurs français mobilisés sur tous les fronts contre Ebola

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

Le Monde | 22.10.2014 à 12h58 • Mis à jour le 22.10.2014 à 15h45 | Par Paul Benkimoun Les organismes publics de recherche sont mobilisés pour répondre à l’épidémie de fièvre Ebola qui sévit en Afrique de l’Ouest, et ils le font savoir. L’Alliance nationale pour les sciences de la vie (Aviesan) qui les regroupe a présenté, mardi 21 octobre, les actions dans …

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Against Sick States: Ebola Protests in Austerity Spain – Somatosphere

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Politics & Economy, Society & Culture, Spain, Uncategorized

By Janina Kehr This article is part of the series: Ebola fieldnotes A few months ago, the independent Spanish online newspaper El Diario published a cartoon entitled “Ebola in Madrid”. It showed a health worker, camouflaged in a green protection suit, wearing a white head shield and goggles, leaning over a …

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Chronique d’un film catastrophe bien preparé – Libération

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

Guillaume Lachenal a publié sur le site internet de Libération, en date du 18 septembre 2014, une très intéressante tribune traitant de l’épidémie actuelle du virus Ebola. «Inutile d’interpréter laborieusement les films catastrophe dans leur rapport à une crise sociale “objective” ou même à un phantasme “objectif” de catastrophe», écrivait Jean Baudrillard …

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Ebola crisis update – 16th October 2014 – MSF

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone

  Cases Deaths Guinea 1,472 843 Liberia 4,249 2,458 Nigeria 20 8 Sierra Leone 3,252 1,183 Senegal 1 0 Total 8,994 4,492 WHO Figures – Data are based on official information reported by Ministries of Health. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability …

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Ebola & animal-to-human diseases – STEPS Center

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

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 …

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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa – Case Count – CDC

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

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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West Africa Outbreak Infographic – CDC

October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone, Visual

  Full infographic: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/west-africa-outbreak-infographic.pdf

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Ebola in Perspective – Cultural Anthropology Journal

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

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 …

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