Liberia :((
Ebola case undermines Liberia disease-free hopes
Liberia has confirmed a new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease.
There had not been a new case for 20 days until a woman tested positive on Friday in the capital, Monrovia.
The World Heath Organization requires 42 days to elapse from the last known case before a country can be declared free of the virus.
More than 4,000 people in Liberia have died from the disease.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31991748

I read this.

Liberia has confirmed a (my edit one ?) new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease.

Dont worry Lynn. They have experts in Liberia and they know what to do.
They have tracked this person down and they isolate the person.
There will be more cases but there is no cause to panic.

Professor Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. Edutainer & co-founder of Gapminder Foundation.
He tweeted this today.
Sad News: 1 new case of Ebola in Liberia today. But, the competent Liberian response team will endure and eventually win in the end!

Thanks janneseti. :)

Ebola related.

Sierra Leoneans halt genital mutilation amid Ebola fears: UK minister

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa appears to have brought the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to a near halt in Sierra Leone, a British minister said on Friday.

International development minister Lindsay Northover urged donors, aid agencies, campaigners and others to capitalize on the opportunity to make the break permanent.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-health-ebola-fgm-idUSKBN0MG2AD20150320

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Tracking Ebola: the killer hiding in the jungle


More than 3,000 miles from the fading Ebola crisis in West Africa, a team of US-funded researchers is hunting deep in a remote rainforest for the next outbreak.

They aren’t looking for infected people. They’re trying to solve one of science’s great mysteries: where does Ebola hide between human epidemics?

The answer is thought to lie in places like this – vast tracts of African jungle where gorillas, bats and other animals suspected of spreading the virus share a shrinking ecosystem. If scientists can pinpoint the carriers, and how Ebola is transmitted between them, future epidemics will be easier to anticipate – or prevent.

Mighty big task.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tracking-ebola-the-killer-hiding-in-the-jungle-10123977.html

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Thanks janneseti. :)
Ebola related.
Sierra Leoneans halt genital mutilation amid Ebola fears: UK minister
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa appears to have brought the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to a near halt in Sierra Leone, a British minister said on Friday.
International development minister Lindsay Northover urged donors, aid agencies, campaigners and others to capitalize on the opportunity to make the break permanent.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-health-ebola-fgm-idUSKBN0MG2AD20150320

Probably are Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea the most safe countries in the world to Ebola related disease.
They have high alert and all possible infrastructures to deal with it.

I can sleep comfortable tonight Lynn:)

Tracking Ebola: the killer hiding in the jungle
More than 3,000 miles from the fading Ebola crisis in West Africa, a team of US-funded researchers is hunting deep in a remote rainforest for the next outbreak.
They aren’t looking for infected people. They’re trying to solve one of science’s great mysteries: where does Ebola hide between human epidemics?
The answer is thought to lie in places like this – vast tracts of African jungle where gorillas, bats and other animals suspected of spreading the virus share a shrinking ecosystem. If scientists can pinpoint the carriers, and how Ebola is transmitted between them, future epidemics will be easier to anticipate – or prevent.
Mighty big task.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tracking-ebola-the-killer-hiding-in-the-jungle-10123977.html

I Think the last time they tracked down Ebola origin in the 80's was in a pile of leafs somewhere in the djungle.
Some animals was first infected by something in the leafs and...

At least some good news Lynn they may be able to stop the barbaric mutilating of females for some religious reasons . Pity it's taken something like Ebola thou to do it .

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-health-ebola-fgm-idUSKBN0MG2AD20150320

Sorry Lynn.
I didn't read the part of FGM. Truly disgusting.
But that has not anything to do with Ebola.
There is a better thread to discuss that matter.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76273

Cheers Lynn:)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-health-ebola-fgm-idUSKBN0MG2AD20150320

Sorry Lynn.
I didn't read the part of FGM. Truly disgusting.
But that has not anything to do with Ebola.
There is a better thread to discuss that matter.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76273

Cheers Lynn:)

I agree with you Glenn.

janneseti, feel free to post the article there.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-health-ebola-fgm-idUSKBN0MG2AD20150320

Sorry Lynn.
I didn't read the part of FGM. Truly disgusting.
But that has not anything to do with Ebola.
There is a better thread to discuss that matter.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76273
Cheers Lynn:)

I agree with you Glenn.
janneseti, feel free to post the article there.

Perhaps I should.
FGM is a VERY important thing to discuss.
Strange that no one have not even talked about it...
This is a thing that happens all around the World but no one says anything.
Perhaps thats more disgusting then the procedure!

Yes, they do already have experts in the region. But, in Ebola outbreaks, many of the cases are from *trained* medical personnel.
Ebola is quite a nasty little bugger. One little moment of a careless slip-up, and the Doctor becomes the Patient, and due to the disease, quite possibly a dead one.

They have many "trained" medical personnel.
And also EXPERTS on the field of Ebola.
Now I think you are patronising African Health Care!!!

No, not patronising, just looking at the situation realisticly.


http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/03/ebola-graphics

The inadequacies of the health-care systems in the three most-affected countries help to explain how the Ebola outbreak got this far. Spain spends over $3,000 per person at purchasing-power parity on health care; for Sierra Leone, the figure is just under $300. The United States has 245 doctors per 100,000 people; Guinea has ten. The particular vulnerability of health-care workers to Ebola is therefore doubly tragic: as of March 15th there had been 852 cases among medical staff in the three west African countries, and 492 deaths.

To repeat my statement from earlier:

I am not saying they are not very knowledgable, or are incapable. just maybe a bit understaffed and with some supply shortages.

I somehow doubt that the medical authorities over there would seriously turn down help from the rest of the world in handling an epidemic that is one of the closest things to hell on earth possible.

As to my statement:

One little moment of a careless slip-up, and the Doctor becomes the Patient, and due to the disease, quite possibly a dead one.

Is this what you are objecting to?

Remember, the nurse in Spain, and the two Nurses over here that caught Ebola? They were caring for Ebola patients. One little moment of a careless slip-up.

Doesn't matter how highly trained you are. It doesn't matter how technically advanced and well equipped a facility you work at... One little 'uh-oh' is all it takes.

So, yeah. Outside help is to their benefit, and they likely know it. As of March 15th, there have been 492 deaths of medical personnel in the three West African nations that were affected. Fewer medical personnel available mean that the workload on those remaining is greater. Tired people make mistakes.

No, I repeat myself. I doubt they will turn down any help with patient care the rest of the world offers. Nor should they.

Ebola reports.

Ebola outbreak: Here's where we are 1 year later

(CNN)A year ago, when Dr. Stephane Hugonnet was dispatched to Guinea to investigate a series of unexplained deaths, he had little idea that he'd be contending with an outbreak that would quickly spread from a small southern rainforest village, across borders, and around the world.

The Ebola outbreak, ravaging primarily Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, is a year old today. According to one official count, it's infected 24,000 people and killed 10,000.

And it's managed to do so because of an institutional failure on several levels: weak public health systems locally and a painfully slow response globally.

But in order to get to where we are, we need to go back to how it began.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/health/ebola-one-year-later/index.html

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Ebola reports.

Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission has told the BBC.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed admitted the UN had made mistakes in handling the crisis early on, sometimes acting "arrogantly".

A year after the outbreak was officially declared, the virus has killed more than 10,000 people.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32009508

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Ebola reports.

Ebola crisis: Medecins Sans Frontieres slams global response

The delayed global response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa "increased the spread" of the virus, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has claimed.

In a report, published one year after the outbreak was officially declared, the charity suggests early calls for help were ignored by local governments and the World Health Organization.

More than 10,000 people have died - nearly all of them in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32013533

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Ebola report. One year later.

Ebola virus: Disease rages on a year after outbreak

One year after Ebola erupted in West Africa, the virus has shown no signs of slowing down. In fact, it's as strong as ever.
The disease will prove fatal for over three quarters of those diagnosed with the disease in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone's president Ernest Koroma said the health crisis had become so serious, the future of the nation he governed was at stake.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/ebola-a-year-on/6342132

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Remember, the nurse in Spain, and the two Nurses over here that caught Ebola? They were caring for Ebola patients. One little moment of a careless slip-up.
Doesn't matter how highly trained you are. It doesn't matter how technically advanced and well equipped a facility you work at... One little 'uh-oh' is all it takes.

Yes. So why didn't the foreign aid workers stay in the region for 3 weeks under observation before they was sent home?
That's a major slip up and I'm certian this is not a African desicion...
3 weeks is about the time to consider a person not to be infected by Ebola.

A Visual Guide: Understanding Ebola
How did the disease start? How did it spread? How will it end?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mmqwd

Ebola mystery: Did "cured" man infect his girlfriend?

Could Sex Have Brought Ebola Back to Liberia?

The World Health Organization and the Liberian government say they are checking into the possibility that a woman infected with Ebola virus caught it from a survivor she was dating.

Ebola's still spreading in West Africa, although not nearly as badly as it was during the late summer, fall and winter. WHO reports 79 new cases last week, taking the total number of infections nearly to 25,000 - hundreds of times more than in any previous outbreak of Ebola. More than 10,000 people have died.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/could-sex-have-brought-ebola-back-liberia-n330071

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Ebola is most deadly among babies, young children, study finds


(Reuters) - The Ebola virus causing a devastating epidemic in West Africa is far more deadly in children than in adults, killing around 90 percent of babies under one who become infected, researchers said on Wednesday.

A study led by scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) and Imperial College London found that, although infection rates are lower in children than adults, babies and toddlers who get the disease have a far slimmer chance of survival.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/us-health-ebola-children-idUSKBN0ML2KJ20150325

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Ebola is most deadly among babies, young children, study finds
(Reuters) - The Ebola virus causing a devastating epidemic in West Africa is far more deadly in children than in adults, killing around 90 percent of babies under one who become infected, researchers said on Wednesday.
A study led by scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) and Imperial College London found that, although infection rates are lower in children than adults, babies and toddlers who get the disease have a far slimmer chance of survival.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/us-health-ebola-children-idUSKBN0ML2KJ20150325

That's probably right.
But there are so many pros in the the area that are tracking down the infected.
In Liberia they already know there names and who the met.
And babies are taken care of.
They move the young kids together with there mothers for observation.
There are no dead Ebola infected persons lying in the streets anymore.

The videoclip from BBC I mentioned recently says.
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