The Ebola News Digest

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Heartless

Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 57m
#Ebola: Nigeria turns back corpse flown in from Egypt
http://bit.ly/1uTgLeh

HEARTLESS??? SENSIBLE!!! Good GRIEF...

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Maia Majumder, MPH ‏@maiamajumder 26m
#Ebola in #WestAfrica: Non-linear growth in cumulative cases continues in #Liberia, indicating poor infection control

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Pub Health Sci ‏@PubHealthSci 13m
RT @nprnews: Ebola Numbers Vastly Underestimate Reach Of Outbreak, WHO Says
http://n.pr/1oTfd3E

The latest numbers from the WHO are 1,975 cases — with 1,069 deaths — from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

But, as NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff reports, WHO staff "say they're seeing evidence that the death toll and number of infections is much larger than these official counts."

The organization says it is "coordinating a massive scaling up of the international response." The WHO has already called the outbreak a global health emergency. , WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said that declaration was "a clear call for international solidarity."

Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 48m
Liberia #Ebola SitRep No. 89
http://bit.ly/VqB99V

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Maia Majumder, MPH ‏@maiamajumder 7h
10 updated hi-res charts on #Ebola in #WestAfrica [http://maimunamajumder.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/ebola-new-updated-charts-8/ …] n = 1975, 54% fatality, non-linear growth





Laurie Garrett ‏@Laurie_Garrett 9h
Just went live: I say "World, you just don't get it" about #Ebola
http://lnkd.in/bvqarjc …
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...frica_outbreak

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WHO ‏@WHO 17h
@savvykenya @kipchirchir #Ebola is not airborne. Not like influenza or tuberculosis


Kasey ‏@biskits_n_gravy 7h
Debunking Airborne Ebola: What You Need To Know About Aerosols, Droplets and Fomites http://tinyurl.com/q22fp9r #Ebola


Ian M Mackay, PhD ‏@MackayIM 1h

Can you get Ebola through the air? [Answer=No] Here's what the science says. http://www.vox.com/2014/8/10/5980553/ebola-outbreak-virus-aerosol-airborne-pigs-monkeys?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_n ame=share-button&utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=article-share-top … via @voxdotcom @susannahlocke


ABDIstanbul ‏@ABDIstanbul 1h
#Ebola facts from @CDCgov: You can’t get Ebola through air, from water, or from food. http://goo.gl/t5Mq6h

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Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 5m

#Ebola centers in West Africa fill faster than they can be opened
http://bit.ly/1mQHmDJ

Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 13m
Letter From Monrovia: Life in the time of #Ebola
http://bit.ly/1mQGeQh

It was just announced that the statistics from the Health Ministry on Ebola deaths, affected persons and tracking are not reliable. The numbers could be far higher. The crisis seems to have overwhelmed the Government. They need help.

From our assessment and interaction with the Ministry and the hospitals, the immediate needs are: knapsack sprayers, chemicals, Ebola (contagious disease) protective garments and other emergency essentials which will be used for taking care of the sick, handling the dead and disinfect the infected areas.

Ian M Mackay, PhD ‏@MackayIM 1h
The bumpy road of #ebola numbers in between each @WHO/@WHOafro report.
http://virologydownunder.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/ebola-virus-disease-evd-2014-west.html …

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Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 26m
World moves to cut off West Africa as #Ebola panic intensifies
http://bit.ly/1mQIze4

Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 2m Nigeria: Lagos sex workers lament low patronage caused by #Ebola
http://bit.ly/1mQKuiI

Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 1m #Ebola in Liberia: Implications of the Ivory Coast shipping shutdown
http://bit.ly/1mQPHap

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kim yi dionne ‏@dadakim 5m
"infection among women is outpacing that among men because women are the caregivers, nurses..."
http://buff.ly/1mQbGhG #Ebola HT @Ethnograp…




Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 1m

Random Analytics: #Ebola in Sierra Leone (to 14 Aug 2014)
http://bit.ly/1mQMjwc

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MSF UK Press Office ‏@MSF_Press 8m
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) says the disease is spreading “faster than we can respond to”
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/15/ebola-outbreak-vastly-underestimated-world-health-organisation … #ebola #msf

MSF UK Press Office ‏@MSF_Press 3m
BBC News - #Ebola crisis 'to take six months to control' says #MSF
http://bbc.in/1vQJLaR



kim yi dionne ‏@dadakim 3m
WHO: Number affected by #Ebola ‘vastly underestimated’
http://buff.ly/1oOfWOy
what does this mean for @WHO estimate of resources needed?



Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 3m
Sierra Leone: #Ebola spreading in Western Area, Bo & Port Loko
http://bit.ly/1mR74YE

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Crawford Kilian ‏@Crof 24m
WHO #Ebola update, August 15: 2,127 cases, 1,145 deaths
http://bit.ly/1mRderJ

Epidemiology and surveillance

Between 12 and 13 August 2014, a total of 152 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 76 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_08_15_ebola/en/