Guinea Resilience System

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The Guinea Resilience System working group is focused on the development of Resilience Systems in Guinea.

The mission of the Guinea Resilience System working group is to develop Resilience Systems and their nested subsystems in Guinea.

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Abdoulaye Drame	Aboubacar Conte	Anthony	Boubacar Kaba	Carrielaj	Chisina Kapungu
Elhadj Drame	Hadiatou Balde	Ismael Dioubate	John Wysham	Kathy Gilbeaux	Lancine Konate
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Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread - UN's Tony Banbury

Mon, 2014-12-01 10:43 — mike kraft

BBC By Mark Doyle Dec. 1, 2014

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone --The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world.

Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against Ebola, to be achieved by Monday, had been met.

The targets were for the proportion of people being treated and for the safe burial of highly infectious bodies.

In October, Mr Banbury told the UN Security Council that by 1 December, "70% of all those infected by the disease must be under treatment and 70% of the victims safely buried if the outbreak is to be successfully arrested".

Mr Banbury said the 70% targets were being met in "the vast majority" of areas in the three worst-affected countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

"But in some areas", he said, "including here in Sierra Leone - especially in the capital Freetown and in the town of Port Loko - we are falling short. And it is in those areas where we really need to focus our assets and our capabilities".

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NEJM - Ebola Outbreak

Mon, 2014-12-01 10:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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A collection of articles and other resources on the Ebola outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.

CLICK HERE - NEJM Ebola Outbreak page, where all content is FREE

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Ebola Now Preoccupies Once-Skeptical Leader in Guinea

Mon, 2014-12-01 10:28 — mike kraft

NEW YORK TIMES -- BY Adam Nossiter Dec. 1, 2014
Description of the way that President Alpha Conde, after intially minmizing the Ebola threat, "is mustering a late-career tenacity to confront the deadly epidemic that still infects hundreds in this battered West African nation."

“While shaving I think of Ebola, while eating I think of Ebola,” said President Alpha Condé of Guinea. The response of nearby nations helped galvanize Mr. Condé. Credit Samuel Aranda for The New York Times

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There Is An Urgent Need For An Improved Infrastructure To Share Health Data, Researchers Say

Sun, 2014-11-30 10:16 — mike kraft

DESIGN & TREND by Randall Mayes Nov. 29, 2014

Over the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of Superbugs, various strains of bird flu and now Ebola, which do not have geographical borders.

Consequently, there is a pressing need for international cooperation to control these pandemics.

In a new study, researchers have identified obstacles that are currently preventing the world from sharing health data, reports Science Daily.

While performing a literature search for the study, an international group of researchers discovered over 1,400 scientific articles related to sharing public health data. From those articles, they found two broad categories that need to be addressed.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141125102102.htm

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No more Ebola cases in Mali after patient cured

Sat, 2014-11-29 16:46 — Norea

DAKAR - Nov 29, 2014 - reuters.com

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Mali has no more confirmed cases of Ebola after the last patient known to be suffering from the virus was cured, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on Saturday.

Mali has registered eight cases of Ebola - seven of them confirmed and one probable - after the virus spread from neighbouring Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/29/health-ebola-mali-idUSL6N0TJ0AC20141129

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Ebola outbreak: West Africa death toll nears 7,000

Sat, 2014-11-29 16:42 — Norea

29 Nov 2014 - BBC

Protective measures are key to stopping the spread of the virus The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,928, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

The toll has increased by over 1,000 since the WHO's last report on Wednesday, but it includes unreported deaths from earlier in the outbreak.

Experts say the infection rate is more significant that the death toll, as it reflects how the virus is spreading. Infection rates are decreasing in Liberia, but are high in Sierra Leone.

There have been over 16,000 reported cases in Guinea, Sierra and Liberia.

Latest Ebola death tolls

Liberia: 7,244 cases, 4,181 deaths

Sierra Leone: 6,802 cases, 1,463 deaths

Guinea: 2,123 cases, 1,284 deaths

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New 15-Minute Test for Ebola to be Trialled in Guinea

Sat, 2014-11-29 10:12 — Kathy Gilbeaux

wellcome.ac.uk - November 28, 2014

A rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test for the Ebola virus will be trialled in the coming weeks at the Ebola treatment centre in Conakry, Guinea. The trial is one of six health research projects that have been jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the UK government.

The 15-minute Ebola test is six times faster than similar tests currently in use and aims to speed up the diagnosis of Ebola cases. Early detection of Ebola leads to better infection control as medical staff can identify and isolate confirmed cases of Ebola faster, and start treating patients sooner. Ultimately, a faster test could reduce Ebola transmission and mortality.

The project is supported through a joint Department for International Development (DFID) and Wellcome Trust fund for rapid health research during the Ebola outbreak. The six projects are managed by Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA).

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WHO advises male Ebola survivors to abstain from sex

Sat, 2014-11-29 10:11 — mike kraft

REUTERS NOV. 28, 2014

LONDON --Men who recover from Ebola should abstain from sex for three months to minimize the risk of passing the virus on in their semen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Ebola, a disease that has infected and killing thousands in a vast epidemic in West Africa, normally spreads via bodily fluids such as blood, saliva and faeces. Although sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease has never been documented, the virus has been detected in the survivors' semen.

"Men who have recovered from Ebola virus disease should be aware that seminal fluid may be infectious for as long as three months after onset of symptoms," the WHO said in a statement....

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Ebola aid dogged by coordination lags in Guinea

Fri, 2014-11-28 09:45 — mike kraft

ASSOCIATED PRESS By MICHELLE FAUL and JAMEY KEATEN Nov. 27, 2014

CONAKRY, Guinea -- ...President Alpha Conde says his government must coordinate the (expected French) response, one that aid workers say is confusing and inefficient. Overall the responsibility for the crisis has changed hands several times, from WHO’s regional Africa office, to its headquarters and finally to the U.N. mission.

“It’s difficult for us to understand who is working for (which) WHO” - the local Africa division or the central office in Geneva, said Pascal Piguet, a logistics expert with Doctors Without Borders who leads the Ebola treatment center in the southern town of Gueckedou....

Oyewale Tomori, a professor of virology at Redeemer’s University in Nigeria who sits on WHO’s emergency committee on Ebola, said countries themselves should be coordinating the Ebola control efforts with help from agencies like the U.S. CDC and WHO. “But that’s not happening. We have a very fractured response,” Tomori added....

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