2014-10-07

Below you will find the link that will lead you to the information displaying global outbreaks, cases, deaths from viral and bacterial diseases which have the potential to indicate biological terrorism.

From the Publishers of www.GlobalincidentMap.com.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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A compilation of links to the latest updates, graphs, maps, public health agency guidelines, and Twitter feeds covering Ebola virus disease from CIDRAP below:

Latest Cases and General Information:

Latest disease outbreak news from WHO
WHO outbreak maps
WHO 6-month update (Sep 23, 2014)
West Africa outbreak page from CDC
Ebola visualizations by Maimuna Majumder, MPH
Virology Down Under Ebola disease page
Virology Down Under Ebola maps
Ebola outbreak map from HealthMap

Resources for Healthcare Volunteers

USAID medical volunteering (Sep 12, 2014)
CDC safety training course for healthcare workers in West Africa (Sep 24, 2014)
Travel grants for health workers attending CDC training

Health Agency Documents

World Health Organization (WHO)

Ebola page
Latest disease outbreak news
Latest situation assessments
Risk assessment in West Africa (Jun 24, 2014)
Frequently asked questions (Aug 8, 2014)
Response roadmap (Aug 2014)
Infection prevention and control guidance summary (Aug 2014)
Travel and transport risk assessment (Sep 2014)
Clinical management of patients (Apr 2014)
Protective measures for medical staff (Sep 2, 2014)
Interim guidance on event management at points of entry (Sep 2014)
Case definition recommendations (Aug 9, 2014)
Ebola and food safety (Aug 24, 2014)
Experimental vaccines (Oct 1, 2014)

United Nations

UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)
UNICEF waste management guidance (Sep 26, 2014)

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ebola page
Questions and answers (Sep 29, 2014)
Case definitions (Sep 4, 2014)
West Africa outbreak page
Information for healthcare workers (Sep 26, 2014)
Infection prevention and control recommendations (Aug 19, 2014)
Disease information for clinicians (Sep 5, 2014)
Healthcare facility preparedness checklist for EVD
Healthcare provider preparedness checklist for EVD
EMS checklist for Ebola preparedness
Checklist for healthcare coalitions for Ebola preparedness
Ebola Traveler’s Health (Sep 23, 2014)
Interim guidance for specimen collection (Aug 26, 2014)
Interim guidance on compliance with select agent regulations (Sep 8, 2014)
Interim guidance for monitoring and movement of Ebola patients (Aug 22, 2014)
Interim guidance for airline crews, cleaning personnel, and cargo personnel (Oct 2, 2014)
Guidance on air medical transport for Ebola patients (Sep 17, 2014)
Guidance for airlines on reporting onboard deaths or illnesses (Aug 25, 2014)
Guidance for safe handling of human remains of Ebola patients (Aug 25, 2014)
CDC death and disease reporting tool for cabin crew (Aug 25, 2014)
CDC death and disease reporting tool for pilots (Aug 25, 2014)
Interim guidance for environmental infection control in hospitals (Aug 19, 2014)
Sequence for removing personal protective equipment
Fact sheet (Sep 16, 2014)
Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreak page

US Government

White House Ebola response fact sheet (Sep 16, 2014)
HHS statement on deployment of US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Sep 16, 2014)
NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center resource list (Sep 26, 2014)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Case definition
Epidemiological update – West Africa (Sep 26, 2014)
Epidemiological update – Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sep 12, 2014)

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Case definition (Aug 23, 2014)
Travel health notice – Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone (Sep 8, 2014)
Travel health notice – Senegal (Sep 5, 2014)
Travel health notice – Nigeria (Sep 8, 2014)
Travel health notice – Democratic Republic of the Congo (Aug 28, 2014)
Interim guidance for infection prevention and control (Sep 12, 2014)
Interim biosafety guidelines for laboratory specimen handling (Aug 22, 2014)
Case report form (Aug 24, 2014)

Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)

Ebola Virus Information Unit website
Recent press releases

Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Sierra Leone)

Case updates
Situation reports
Frequently asked questions

Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (Liberia)

Main page

Resources from Journals

N Engl J Med
The Lancet
Science
PLoS journals (Sep 5, 2014)
JAMA (Sep 11, 2014)

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