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October 2014

HealthMap

Ebola Outbreaks Timeline

October 31, 2014 | Filed under: Africa, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Europe, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Peer reviewed, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, USA

The healthmap.org website is keeping up to date a timeline about the spread of the virus from March 14. October 31, 2014 Spain 1 case Guinea 1906 cases – 997 deaths Sierra Leone 5235 cases – 1500 deaths Senegal 1 case Mali 1 case – 1 death Liberia 6535 cases …

Somatosphere

Chronicle of a well-prepared disaster

October 31, 2014 | Filed under: Africa, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

By Guillaume Lachenal, in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnotes, October 31, 2014. A French version of this piece was originally published in Libération on 18 September 2014. “It is useless to laboriously interpret disaster movies in terms of their relation to an ‘objective’ social crisis or even to an ‘objective’ phantasm of …

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Diary – Paul Farmer

October 30, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Society & Culture, Working papers

I have just returned from Liberia with a group of physicians and health activists. We are heading back in a few days. The country is in the midst of the largest ever epidemic of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. It’s an acute and brutal affliction. Ebola is a zoonosis – it leaps …

Somatosphere

From the dragon’s perspective: an initial report on China’s response to the unfolding Ebola epidemic

October 30, 2014 | Filed under: Countries, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone

By Emilio Dirlikov and Qiuyu Jiang, published in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnote, October 29, 2014. On a steamy mid-August afternoon, Mariatu Kargbo, a Sierra Leonian expat residing in Beijing, stood at the front of a packed hotel ballroom. As reported by Xinhua News (新华网), Kargbo addressed the crowd, saying: I know …

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Point épidémiologique en Afrique de l’Ouest 27/10/2014 – INVS

October 29, 2014 | Filed under: Africa, Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone

Points saillants Au total, 10 115 cas (suspects, probables et confirmés) et 4 913 décès (létalité 48,6%) ont été rapportés par l’OMS dans 4 pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Guinée, Libéria, Sierra-Léone et Mali).   Le premier cas à virus Ebola a été rapporté au Mali par les autorités sanitaires le …

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mHealth takes on Ebola in Nigeria

October 27, 2014 | Filed under: Africa, English, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

In what’s being hailed as a “spectacular success story,” the World Health Organization has declared Nigeria free of the Ebola virus transmission, with public health agencies and government officials citing a mobile health initiative as largely responsible for the triumph. Shortly after the WHO declared Africa’s most populous country Ebola-free …

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A networked approach to improving the resilience of communities confronted by the threat of Ebola

October 27, 2014 | Filed under: Africa, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone

The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic shows no sign of abating, and, with little effective infection control or prevention in place, the transmission is escalating on an unprecedented scale. In the absence of effective infection prevention and control at community level, the current epidemic curve indicates that cases are …

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Living with Ebola in West Africa

October 24, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture, Visual

An impressive series of pictures in West Africa, by Boston Big Picture, published on October 8 2014. Full Article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2014/10/08/living-with-ebola-west-africa/vTCGB1bQTSbQitjUkSsTWI/story.html

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Ebola compared to others infectious diseases

October 24, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Investigative journalism, Peer reviewed, Visual

Clever “Microbe-scope” chart http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2014/oct/15/visualised-how-ebola-compares-to-other-infectious-diseases Google Document https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kHCEWY-d9HXlWrft9jjRQ2xf6WHQlmwyrXel6wjxkW8/edit#gid=0

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Case definitions from CDC

October 24, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Peer reviewed

Early recognition is critical for infection control. Health care providers should be alert for and evaluate any patients suspected of having Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Person Under Investigation (PUI) A person who has both consistent symptoms and risk factors as follows: Clinical criteria, which includes fever of greater than 38.6 …

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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa – Case Count – CDC

October 24, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Sierra Leone

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 19, 2014 (Updated October 22, 2014) Countries with Widespread Transmission Country Total Cases Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Guinea 1540 1289 904 Liberia 4665 965 2705 …

Somatosphere

Somatosphere’s Web Roundup: Ebola Update

October 24, 2014 | Filed under: Biology/Virology, Biomedicine/Clinical, English, Epidemiology & Public Health, France, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Nigeria, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, RDC, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture, Spain, Working papers

By Sara M Bergstresser This article is part of the series: Ebola fieldnotes   A great deal has happened since the first Web Roundup on Ebola. The epidemic has spread both in West Africa and globally, and material about Ebola has spread throughout the web. According to the CDC, as …

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MSF : Dossier Urgence Ebola

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Epidemiology & Public Health, French, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Ebola – La coalition mondiale de l’inaction by msf Avec près de 9000 cas et 4492 morts (source : OMS, au 16 octobre 2014), l’épidémie d’Ebola en cours en Afrique de l’Ouest est la plus importante jamais enregistrée depuis l’identification de la maladie, en 1976. Dès les premières semaines qui …

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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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Ebola: Riot in Freetown – October 14th 2014

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: English, Investigative journalism, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

Clashes in Sierra Leone over Ebola dead Sierra Leone residents clash with police over Ebola response Sierra Leone Residents Clash With Police Over Removal of Ebola … UPDATE 2-Sierra Leone residents clash with police over Ebola … Police clash with residents in Sierra Leone over slow Ebola response Ebola victim’s body spurs clashes in Sierra Leone by Alain Bertho, Anthropologie du présent, october 16 2014, http://berthoalain.com/ Full post: http://berthoalain.com/2014/10/16/ebola-emeute-a-freetown-14-octobre-2014/

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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 …

Somatosphere

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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Dans la lutte contre Ebola, évitons le néocolonialisme

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: French, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone

Le Monde.fr | 20.10.2014 à 15h55 • Mis à jour le 21.10.2014 à 14h23 |Par Guillaume Lachenal (Historien, maître de conférences à l’université Paris-Diderot, membre de l’Institut universitaire de France) et Vinh-Kim Nguyen (Médecin et anthropologue, professeur à l’Ecole de santé publique de l’université de Montréal, membre du Collège d’études …

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One Powerful Illustration Shows Exactly What’s Wrong With How the West Talks About Ebola

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: English, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

By Sophie Kleeman  October 7, 2014, on Mic.com The Ebola epidemic has killed 3,431 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia; it has killed one in the United States. Liberia’s Defense Minister Brownie Samukai told the U.N. Security Council in September that the disease poses a “serious threat” to the country’s …

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The Political Economy of Ebola

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: English, Guinea, Investigative journalism, Liberia, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

Ebola is a problem that will not be solved, because it isn’t profitable to do so. by Leigh Phillips The Onion, as ever, is on point with its “coverage” of the worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and the first in West Africa, infecting some 1,779 people and killing at least 961. …

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RSS Somatosphere

  • Diffracting Trauma in the Global South between biology and culture / Difractar La Noción de Trauma en el Sur Global entre biología y cultura by Benjamin Hegarty
  • Writing Life (no. 21): An interview with Ruth Behar by Natashe Lemos Dekker
  • The emergence of multimorbidity as a matter of concern by Esca van Blarikom
  • Writing Life No. 20: An Interview with Emma Kowal by Carina Truyts
  • Making embryos lively: The politics of embryo personhood when fertilization happens under a microscope by Manon Lefèvre

RSS Pubmed – Ebola

  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data for Ebola Virus Drug Discovery
  • Characterization of Ebola Virus Mucosal Challenge Routes in Cynomolgus Macaques
  • Digital image analysis for biothreat detection <em>via</em> rapid centrifugal microfluidic orthogonal flow immunocapture
  • A pilot study: Validation of dried blood spots (DBS) to assess SARS-CoV2 IgG antibody immunoassays in underserved minority population
  • Using telehealth to support community health workers in Uganda during COVID-19: a mixed-method study

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  • Population health trends analysis and burden of disease profile observed in Sierra Leone from 1990 to 2017
  • World: CADIS Report 2014-2020 - Fullness of life in a resilient community on the footsteps of the Camillian Martyrs of Charity [EN/IT]
  • With EU support, Concern Worldwide plays pivotal role in COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Liberia and Sierra Leone
  • Guinea’s response to syndemic hotspots
  • World: Helpdesk Report K4D: Impact of COVID-19 on child labour in South Asia

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