(task) Mapping for Ebola: A Collaborative Effort

USRS, All Africa RSs, GRS

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Common Operating Picture, Mapping, CDC, University Ebola Consortium

> On Jan 18, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com> wrote:
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> Mike,
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> FYI . . . OSM (HOT) - excerpt . . .
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> Members of Emory’s Student Outbreak and Response Team (SORT) are some of these volunteer mappers. SORT is a graduate student organization that collaborates with CDC and provides hands-on training in outbreak response and emergency preparedness. Ryan Lash, a mapping scientist in DGMQ’s Travelers’ Health Branch, initially contacted SORT for help in August as the number of Ebola cases in West Africa continued to rise. He has since provided two workshops for SORT members, taught a small number of CDC staff, and trained students at the University of Georgia.
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> Kathy
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> CDC Emergency (@CDCemergency <https://twitter.com/cdcemergency?refsrc=email&s=11>)
> 1/15/15, 1:50 PM <https://twitter.com/cdcemergency/status/555814392299008000?refsrc=email&s=11>
> Volunteers use an online mapping program to create detailed maps of remote areas in W. Africa hit with #Ebola <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ebola&src=hash>. More:blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthma… <http://t.co/5ymWLabXOR>
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