Ebola virus in West-Afrika

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WHO @WHO

Here is the latest WHO #Ebola situation report goo.gl/h4DWlc pic.twitter.com/gqaG2xeCE3


5:56pm · 15 Apr 2015

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WHO geeft fouten bij aanpak ebola toe
Traag, ontoereikend en niet fel genoeg. De manier waarop de uitbraak van ebola werd aangepakt door de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) liet op verschillende fronten te wensen over.
Dat heeft de WHO zondagavond zelf toegegeven. lees verder

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RD.nl @refdag

Mogelijk geval ebola in Nijmegen bit.ly/1Q5rq0k
8:13am · 1 May 2015

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RIVM @rivm

Patiënt in Radboudumc heeft geen ebola. bit.ly/1dAsYBy
3:00pm · 1 May 2015

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WHO @WHO

The #Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not over yet. WHO Ebola situation report (17 June) goo.gl/UISZlG pic.twitter.com/XXlzAnKszG
7:49pm · 17 Jun 2015

SUMMARY
There were 24 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the week to 14 June, compared with 27 cases the previous week. In Guinea, 10 cases were reported from 4 prefectures (Boke, Conakry, Dubreka, and Forecariah). A total of 14 cases were reported from 2 districts (Kambia and Port Loko) in Sierra Leone.
Of 76 confirmed cases reported from Guinea and Sierra Leone in the 21 days to 14 June, 69 (91%) have come from 3 prefectures in Guinea (Boke, Dubreka, and Forecariah) and 2 districts in Sierra Leone (Kambia and Port Loko). Most (55) of these 69 cases came from well-characterised chains of transmission, and arose among registered, monitored contacts of previous cases. Each of these cases presents a risk of further transmission, but in most instances that risk is well understood and can be planned for accordingly. However, 14 of those 69 cases, and 5 of the 7 cases that were reported from other prefectures and districts during the same period, arose from unknown sources of infection, and/or are associated with a large number of high-risk contacts, some of whom it was not possible to trace. Effectively managing the risks associated with cases such as these will be crucial to getting to zero. To that end, a package of enhanced surveillance and response measures has been introduced in both Guinea and Sierra Leone:
In Guinea, health checkpoints have been established in the western prefectures of Boke and Coyah. A 6-day door-to-door case-finding and sensitization campaign was carried out in Dubreka from 7 June, leading to the detection of 1 confirmed case. In addition, intensive investigations are underway to trace a number of high-risk contacts associated with 3 cases reported from the Guinean capital, Conakry, over the past 2 weeks. All of the 3 cases acquired infection outside the capital.
In Sierra Leone, a large-scale operation is planned in the districts of Kambia and Port Loko, aimed at ending the secret movement of cases, contacts, and dead bodies that has propagated transmission over the past 2 months. Measures include broadened criteria for identifying and tracing contacts, improved incentives to increase compliance with quarantine measures and encourage the timely reporting and isolation of cases, and expanded use of rapid diagnostic tests.
As at 14 June, there were 1927 contacts being monitored across 8 prefectures in Guinea. In Sierra Leone, 443 contacts were under follow-up in 3 districts. A total of 660 laboratory samples were tested in Guinea in the week to 14 June: 4% tested positive. Over the same period, 1787 new samples were tested in Sierra Leone, with less than 1% testing positive.
In Guinea there were a total of 15 unsafe burials in the week to 14 June, representing 4% of 357 community deaths. In the week to 7 June, 1 unsafe burial was reported in Sierra Leone.
The last health worker infections in Guinea and Sierra Leone were reported on 6 April and 14 May, respectively. However, a case reported this week from the Targrin area of Port Loko, Sierra Leone, acquired infection after being treated in the same private healthcare facility as another confirmed case. There is an extremely high likelihood that this case will lead to further transmission, with 20 health workers who came into direct or indirect contact with the case defined as medium or high-risk contacts, along with many patients who were treated at the same facility. There have been a total of 869 confirmed health worker infections reported from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone since the start of the outbreak, with 507 reported deaths.
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http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4560/Gezond/article/detail/4089144/2015/06/26/UMC-Groningen-meldt-mogelijk-geval-ebola.dhtml

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RIVM @rivm

Geen #ebola bij patiënt in @umcg bit.ly/1Jpfoid
10:11am · 27 Jun 2015

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 Een man is zaterdagavond naar het Erasmus Medisch Centrum in Rotterdam gebracht omdat hij mogelijk is besmet met ebola. Dat heeft het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) bevestigd.
De man was zaterdagmiddag binnengekomen op de spoedeisende hulp van het Bravis-ziekenhuis in Roosendaal. Na behandeling is hij naar het Rotterdamse ziekenhuis gebracht. Onderzoek moet uitwijzen of de man inderdaad is besmet met het virus. Het RIVM verwacht de uitslag maandag.

De patiënt is onlangs in een West-Afrikaans land geweest en vertoonde daarna verschijnselen van ebola. Volgens de standaardprocedure wordt hij daarom onderzocht en verpleegd in een isolatiekamer. Het virus wordt overgebracht via lichaamsvloeistoffen en via onbeschermd direct contact.
Onlangs werden al drie patiënten in Nederland onderzocht op ebola. Geen van hen bleek het virus te hebben.
http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/4094822/2015/07/05/Mogelijk-geval-van-ebola-naar-Rotterdams-ziekenhuis.dhtml

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The Story of Ebola IFRC

Lancering animatiefilm over ebola
​#Ebola – Als kijker kom je in een dorp terecht waar ebola heerst. Een jong meisje verliest haar opa die besmet is met het virus. Vervolgens komt de hulpverlening op gang en leren de dorpsbewoners wat zij het beste kunnen doen in deze situatie.

Het Rode kruis lanceert samen met Unicef en Global Health Media Project een animatiefilm over ebola. Zo worden getroffen gemeenschappen betrokken bij de strijd tegen het virus. De hulpverlening van de ebola-artsen en andere hulpverleners wordt duidelijk in beeld gebracht.

Overwinnen
De zeven minuten durende film laat, door middel van verschillende karakters met wie de kijker zichzelf kan identificeren, zien hoe getroffen gemeenschappen zelf ebola kunnen overwinnen zoals de dorpsbewoners in de film.

De animatie is geproduceerd in samenwerking met award-winning animator Yoni Goodman en zal eveneens beschikbaar worden in het Frans, Portugees en een aantal lokale talen. Gezondheidswerkers, Rode Kruis-vrijwilligers en inwoners zijn getraind om kijkers te betrekken bij discussies over de film en het ebola-virus.
 
Doneer en steun
Help mee het ebola-virus te bestrijden en de getroffen bevolking te helpen hun leven weer op te bouwen. Onlangs heeft het Rode Kruis de termijn van het huidige ebola-programma verlengd tot en met december 2017. Het eindigen van de epidemie blijft eerste prioriteit en parallel zullen activiteiten gestart worden om de meest kwetsbaren te helpen hun leven weer op te bouwen en sterk te staan bij eventuele toekomstige humanitaire rampen.

Het IBAN nummer behorend bij giro 6868 is NL83 INGB 0000 0068 68, ten name van het Nederlandse Rode Kruis in Den Haag en onder vermelding van ebola.

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Highlights
 Three new cases have been reported in Guinea this week. No new cases were reported in Liberia or Sierra Leone
 Sierra Leone’s last confirmed case tested negative for the second time and has been released.
 Preliminary figures from the meningitis immunization campaign in Guinea supported by UNICEF show that 2,445,325 million children and young people under 30 years old were
vaccinated.
 Ahead of schools opening on 31 August and 7 September in Sierra Leone and Liberia respectively, activities are taking place around hygiene, pedagogy and psychosocial support.
 The deteriorating political situation in GuineaBissau continues to delay the implementation of preparedness measures; however WHO is working with partners to conduct training and identify required resources in the absence of high-level sign off on protocols.

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