Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak: 13 155 clinical cases including 3 940 deaths (WHO, July 8, 2015)

[Donners]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola Update July 16, 2014

•Eighty-five (85) patients have to date survived the disease, discharged and now back with their families in their various communities. These sixty survivors reported to health facilities early for treatment when they started exhibiting signs and symptoms of Ebola

• For the 15th July 2014, a total of 29 samples were received by the Laboratory: Kailahun (15), Kenema (12) and Western Area (2). All of these results are pending. The previous 7 pending results are still in for re-testing

•The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 367 and confirmed deaths are 121

•Seventy-one(71) patients are currently admitted at the Kenema and Kailahun Isolation Units

•NB: when we compared the previous laboratory day report, number of confirmed cumulative cases has been reduced due to duplication of cases in Western Area and Port Loko district


Ebola Update July 17, 2014

•The cumulative number of survivors and discharged cases is 89

•For the 16th July 2014, a total of 22 samples were received by the Laboratory: 6 from Kailahun, 13 from Kenema, 2 from Bo and 1 from Bonthe (1).Three (3) of these cases are laboratory positive for Ebola from Kailahun (2) and Kenema (1). Four of the total samples are negative while 15 laboratory results are pending. One out of the previous 7 pending results 1 is now positive, 3 negative while 3 still in for re-testing

•The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 385 and confirmed deaths are 124

•Sixty-one (61) patients are currently admitted at the Kenema and Kailahun Isolation Units

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The number of admitted patients seems to be dropping significantly; presumably a combination of deaths, recoveries and negative tests. It's good to see a number of patients being released upon recovery, but the death toll is also rising (albeit still below the WHO tally)

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 397 clinical cases , 197 deaths as of July 14, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 397 clinical cases , 197 deaths as of July 14, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola virus disease, West Africa ? update 17 July 2014

Epidemiology and surveillance
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Disease update

New cases and deaths attributable to EVD continue to be reported by the Ministries of Health in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Between 13 ? 14 July 2014, 18 new cases of EVD, including 11 new deaths, were reported from the three countries as follows: Guinea, 6 new cases and 5 deaths; Liberia, 2 new cases with 1 death; and Sierra Leone 11 new cases and 4 deaths. These numbers include laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths of EVD.

As of 14 July 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the three countries stands at 982, including 613 deaths. The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: Guinea, 411 cases (301 confirmed, 95 probable, and 15 suspected) and 310 deaths (203 confirmed, 95 probable, and 12 suspected); Liberia, 174 cases (70 confirmed, 42 probable, and 62 suspected) and 106 deaths (51 confirmed, 34 probable, and 21 suspected); and Sierra Leone, 397 cases (346 confirmed, 39 probable, and 12 suspected) and 197 deaths (153 confirmed, 39 probable, and 5 suspected).
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http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters...a-virus-disease-west-africa-17-july-2014.html

 

[Donners]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola Update July 19, 2014

? Ninety-six (96) patients have survived the disease and have been discharged

? For the 18th July 2014, a total of 12 samples were received by the Laboratory: Kailahun (1), Kenema (6), Koinadugu (4) and Bo (1). Two of these samples are positive all from Kenema, 9 are negative while 1 is pending Lab result.

? Eleven (11) of the 12 pending results from the 17th July, 2014 are negative while 1 is still for re-testing. The previous samples that were in for re-sampling are still under processing

? The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 399 and 131 confirmed death

? Seventy-five(75) patients are currently admitted at the Kenema and Kailahun Isolation Units

? NB: The Chief medical Officer, other national MoHS staff & WHO are to meet with personnel of DHMT Kenema, DHMT Kailahun, Kenema Lab and Kailahun Lab today

? The Association of Sierra Leone Commercial Banks donated 150 million Leones to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as it contribution towards the fight against the Ebola Viral Disease

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola Update July 22, 2014

? One hundred and eight (108) patients have survived the disease and have been discharged
? For the 21st July 2014, a total of 27 new samples were received by the Kenema Laboratory: Kailahun (7), Kenema (15), Kono (1), Bombali (1) and Bo (3) while 1 new sample was received by the laboratory at the Kailahun treatment center.

? Twelve (12) of the total samples received are Ebola positive, 7 from Kailahun and 5 from Kenema.

? Three of the total samples are negative from Kenema, the remaining samples are in for re-test
? One of the previous samples that were in for re-sampling from yesterday is now positive from Kenema while 1 is still in for final confirmation
? The cumulative number of Laboratory confirmed cases are 422 and 143 confirmed deaths

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 252 clinical cases , 101 deaths as of July 2, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola infects doctor leading Sierra Leone?s fight against outbreak

FREETOWN ? Reuters
Published Wednesday, Jul. 23 2014, 7:09 AM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Jul. 23 2014, 7:11 AM EDT

The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said.

The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a ?national hero? by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control an outbreak that has killed 206 people in the West African country. Ebola kills up to 90 per cent of those infected and there is no cure or vaccine.

www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/...eones-fight-against-outbreak/article19719987/

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 397 clinical cases , 197 deaths as of July 14, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 397 clinical cases , 197 deaths as of July 14, 2014 (WHO)

Source: http://awoko.org/2014/07/23/sierra-...d-asebola-panics-patients-at-rokupa-hospital/

Sierra Leone News: 15 Nurses, 2 Doctors quarantined as?Ebola panics patients at Rokupa Hospital

Rokupa HospitalAll is not well at the Government Hospital situated at Rokupa in the east end of Freetown, following the discovery of an Ebola patient about a week ago.
Fifteen nurses and two Medical Doctors who allegedly had contact with the deceased Ebola patient have been quarantined in an unknown destination, awaiting the expiration of 21 days for them to prove negative or otherwise to the Ebola symptoms.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that the week?s revelation of the deceased Ebola patient saw a firm grip of panic in the entire hospital, with patients voluntarily discharging themselves from their hospital beds, off to their house to secure their remaining lives...

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola virus disease, West Africa ? update 23 July 2014
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Disease update

New cases and deaths attributable to EVD continue to be reported by the Ministries of Health in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Between 18 ? 20 July 2014, 45 new cases of EVD, including 28 new deaths, were reported from the three countries as follows: Guinea, 5 new cases and 4 deaths; Liberia, 28 new cases with 11 deaths; and Sierra Leone 12 new cases and 13 deaths. These numbers include laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths of EVD.

As of 20 July 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the three countries stands at 1 093, including 660 deaths. The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: Guinea, 415 cases (304 confirmed, 98 probable, and 13 suspected) and 314 deaths (204 confirmed, 98 probable, and 12 suspected); Liberia, 224 cases (77 confirmed, 68 probable, and 79 suspected) and 127 deaths (56 confirmed, 44 probable, and 27 suspected); and Sierra Leone, 454 cases (405 confirmed, 35 probable, and 14 suspected) and 219 deaths (182 confirmed, 32 probable, and 5 suspected).
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http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters...a-virus-disease-west-africa-23-july-2014.html

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola Orphans Flee Sierra Leone Farms as Cocoa and Peanuts Rot

By With assistance from Morgane Lapeyre July 24, 2014
July 25 (Bloomberg) ?...
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?Ebola has left with us with a high number of orphans who cannot take care of themselves and family plantations at this time,? Brima Kendor, a plantation owner and spokesman for the local chief in Kissi Tongi, Kailahun district, said in an interview. ?This is the time to rehabilitate the cocoa farms but we can?t do that now.?
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Farmers harvest cocoa and coffee in the districts of Kailahun, Kenema and Kono. Kailahun, where most of the Ebola cases have been confirmed, is the largest producer of cocoa in Sierra Leone and agriculture is the major economic activity.
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Some international companies have refused to visit the area to buy the seed, Henry Yamba Kamara, managing director of the state-owned producer and buyer Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company, said by phone.
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...e-sierra-leone-farms-as-cocoa-and-peanuts-rot

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

25 July 2014 Last updated at 11:30 ET

Sierra Leone hunts Ebola patient kidnapped in Freetown

A hunt has been launched in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, for a woman with Ebola who was forcibly removed from hospital by her relatives.

Radio stations around the country are appealing for help to find the 32-year-old who is being described as a "risk to all".

She is the first Freetown resident to have tested positive for the virus.
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The BBC's Umaru Fofona in Freetown said the woman, who is an apprentice hairdresser, is a resident of the densely populated area of Wellington in the east of the city.
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Our reporter says there is increasing anger and confusion over the handling of the outbreak.

Police say thousands of people have taken to the streets of Kenema to protest - thronging to the town's hospital, which treats all Ebola cases in the district.

Other sources have told our correspondent that police have fired teargas to try and disperse the angry crowds.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28485041

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 454 clinical cases , 219 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

This Suit Keeps Ebola Out ? So How Can A Health Worker Catch It?

by Marc Silver
July 24, 2014 2:58 PM ET

The fight against Ebola in West Africa suffered a setback Wednesday. Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, one of the top doctors treating patients, caught the virus, even though he was wearing protective gear.

"Even with the full protective clothing you put on," Khan has said, "you are at risk."

That statement made us wonder about those yellow and white suits you see in photos: Just how good are they at protecting health workers from the bodily fluids that can transmit the virus ? vomit, blood, sweat, mucus?

To learn more about the gear known as PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), we spoke with Armand Sprecher, the medical adviser to Doctors Without Borders for hemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola.

Does the suit have any weaknesses that put a health worker at risk?

The yellow suit that MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres] uses is [made of] a woven plastic fiber. And they throw a laminate on it. It's very fluid impervious. But to work, it has to be used in conjunction with a set of behaviors and procedures.

Where we see health care worker infections when the PPE is in place, [the worker] did something to override the PPE: They didn't wear it appropriately or contaminated their hands in the process of getting [the suit] off.

So the hands could come in contact with fluids on the suit. Then what would happen?

The presumed way you get sick is virus gets into a mucus membrane inside your mouth, nose or eyes. If you were very, very good about keeping your hands off your face, you could probably get away with more exposed skin above the neck. But we like to cover [health workers] from the neck up. So when the hand goes to the face in an unconscious movement, it doesn't touch anything.

To reiterate: It's not the suit's fault. Things can just go wrong sometimes.

Yes. You can stick yourself with a needle, you can use your gear improperly, or you can undress improperly.
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How has the medical community in West Africa reacted to the news of Dr. Khan's infection?

It's shaking things up. A lot of people know Dr. Khan. He is a fun guy. He is fascinated by [Ebola]. He wasn't mailing it in. He wasn't doing his job just to get through the day.
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I hope he recovers.
Cross my fingers.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandso...ebola-out-so-how-can-a-health-worker-catch-it

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 415 clinical cases including 314 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Guinea - Ebola: 415 clinical cases including 314 deaths as of July 20, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola virus disease, West Africa ? update 25 July 2014 E-mail Print
Epidemiology and surveillance

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to monitor the evolution of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. The Ebola epidemic trend remains precarious, with community and health-facility transmissions of infection still taking place.

Between 21 ? 23 July 2014, 96 new cases and 7 deaths were reported from Liberia and Sierra Leone. In Guinea, 12 new cases and 5 deaths were reported during the same period. These include suspect, probable, and laboratory-confirmed cases.

The surge in the number of new EVD cases in Guinea after weeks of low viral activity demonstrates that undetected chains of transmission existed in the community. This phenomenon is retrogressive to the control of the EVD outbreak; and calls for stepping up outbreak containment measures, especially effective contact tracing.

In addition, the Ministry of Health of Nigeria has reported the first probable case of EVD on 23 July 2014. The case is a Liberian national who recently travelled to Nigeria where he presented in hospital with symptoms of EVD. The patient travelled by air and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria via Lom?, Togo. He was symptomatic while traveling, fell ill, was admitted to a private hospital, and died. On 22 July, a sample was taken and preliminary laboratory analysis was conducted in the virology laboratory of Lagos University Teaching Hospital and tested positive for Ebola virus. The sample from this case is being referred to the WHO Collaborating Centre at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, for confirmatory and other advance testing. The national authority in Nigeria is working closely with WHO and partners to ensure that this incident case is contained at the source.

Health sector response

In an effort to accelerate the response to the current EVD outbreak in West Africa, the Director General of WHO held discussions with the donor community and development partners on 24 July 2014 in Geneva. Countries and agencies again pledged their assistance and support to the outbreak and efforts are underway to secure additional human and financial resources.

The Regional Director for the Africa Region, Dr Luis Sambo, continued his fact-finding mission in the three affected countries. After visiting Liberia earlier in the week (21 ? 22 July), he visited Sierra Leone (22 ? 23 July) and Guinea (23 ? 25 July). The goal of his visits was to assess first-hand the EVD outbreak, review the current response and challenges, and explore the best ways to rapidly contain the outbreak in West Africa. Official meetings with Presidents, Ministers of Health and other senior government officials, international and local NGOs, UN agencies, and other stakeholders were held.

During the mission, the Regional Director underscored the seriousness of the outbreak while reiterating that it can be contained using known infection prevention and control measures. He observed that the outbreak is beyond each national health sector alone and urged the governments of the affected countries to mobilize and involve all sectors, including civil society and communities, in the response. He requested the respective governments to re-deploy adequate and appropriate national staff and other national resources to the field level and promote behavioural change while respecting cultural practices.

He repeated the mandate to countries to enhance cross-border collaboration and strengthen effective coordination and the mandate of WHO to coordinate the response to public health emergencies. On behalf of WHO, the Regional Director pledged WHO?s continued commitment to the affected countries and reaffirmed its role in engaging and mobilizing the international community in support of national efforts to control the EVD outbreak.

On 24 July 2014, the Prime Minister of Guinea and the Regional Director officially inaugurated the WHO Sub-regional Outbreak Coordination Centre (SEOCC) in Conakry. The Centre will consolidate and harmonize the technical support at local, country, regional, and international level. WHO has asked its partners to deploy representatives from their respective organizations to sit in the hub and contribute to the activities of the coordination centre. The establishment of the SEOCC was a follow-up action from the emergency Ministerial Meeting held in Accra, Ghana, earlier in the month.

Efforts are currently ongoing to scale up and strengthen all aspects of the response in the three countries, including contact tracking, public information and community mobilization, case management and infection prevention and control, and coordination.

WHO does not recommend any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone based on the current information available for this event.

Disease update

New cases and deaths attributable to EVD continue to be reported by the Ministries of Health in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Between 21 and 23 July 2014, 108 new cases of EVD, including 12 deaths, were reported from the three countries as follows: Guinea, 12 new cases and 5 deaths; Liberia, 25 new cases with 2 deaths; and Sierra Leone, 71 new cases and 5 death. These numbers include laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths of EVD.

As of 23 July 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the three countries stands at 1 201, including 672 deaths. The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: Guinea, 427 cases (311 confirmed, 99 probable, and 17 suspected) and 319 deaths (208 confirmed, 99 probable, and 12 suspected); Liberia, 249 cases (84 confirmed, 84 probable, and 81 suspected) and 129 deaths (60 confirmed, 50 probable, and 19 suspected); and Sierra Leone, 525 cases (419 confirmed, 56 probable, and 50 suspected) and 224 deaths (188 confirmed, 33 probable, and 3 suspected).

Confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths from Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, as of 23 July 2014

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The total number of cases is subject to change due to reclassification, retrospective investigation, consolidation of cases and laboratory data, and enhanced surveillance. Data reported in the Disease Outbreak News are based on best available information reported by Ministries of Health.

http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters...a-virus-disease-west-africa-25-july-2014.html

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Burying Ebola’s victims in Sierra Leone

Published: 26 July 2014 13:14 CET
Katherine Mueller, IFRC

They are all young men, in their early twenties who, just a few short weeks ago, would have been studying, going to work at a construction site, or ferrying passengers around on their taxi motorbikes.

Today, they are burying bodies, one after the other, sometimes up to eight or nine a day. This is how life has changed since the Ebola virus disease arrived in Kailahun district, in eastern Sierra Leone.
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To date, there have been more than 50 official burials, and with dozens of patients at the isolation centre, and more arriving every day, it is likely there will be more.

“These are the deaths we have been informed about,” says Daniel James, team leader Red Cross dead body management team. “More communities are beginning to notify authorities when someone passes away at home, which is great. Calling us and not touching the body will help us control this outbreak. However, there are still many other communities who do not believe Ebola is real, and who continue with the local custom of preparing bodies for burial themselves.”
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Full text:
http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-med...burying-ebolas-victims-in-sierra-leone-66528/

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28505061


26 July 2014 Last updated at 17:36 ET
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone escaped patient dies

A Sierra Leone woman who fled hospital after testing positive for the Ebola virus has died after turning herself in, health officials have told the BBC.

Her family had forcibly removed her from a public hospital on Thursday...

...The Sierra Leone woman was the first registered Ebola case in the capital Freetown.

Both she and her parents - who are suspected of having the virus - had been taken to Ebola treatment centres in the east of the country, health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis told the BBC.

 

[Donners]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Ebola outbreak update

Ebola outbreak update: As of today, 26th July 2014, we have 116 cumulative number of survivors, 458 confirmed Ebola cases and 153 Ebola confirmed deaths. 82 patients are currently admitted at the Ebola treatment centers in Kenema and Kailahun.

The Ministry of Health & Sanitization and the World Health Organization have established a dedicated Ebola Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the WHO Country Office in Freetown. The EOC is co-Directed by the Minister of Health, Ms. Miata Kargbo and the WHO Representative for Sierra Leone, Dr. Jacob Mufunda and consists of leaders and partners involved in our fight against Ebola.

The EOC will serve as the Sierra Leone National Central Command and Control Center for Outbreak Response activities and meets every day. The EOC members under the leadership of the Honourable Minister of Health and Sanitation unanimously decided at the July 24th 2014 meeting that the following actions be effected immediately:

• That the World Health Organisation (WHO) and MSF to take over the management of the Kenema treatment center

• WHO and MSF to bring more experts to run the treatment center in Kenema

The WHO Director General, Margaret Chan has upgraded the Ebola response in West Africa to a Grade 3, the highest level of any emergency response. A Grade 3 involves a multiple country event with a substantial public health consequence that requires a substantial WHO country office response and substantial international partner response. This means partners could deploy resources from other countries into the region

The EOC wishes the general public and all partners working in the healthcare sector to know that Dr. Sheikh Umar Khan is responding well to treatment

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Apparently a new infection in a health care worker....

machine translation

Injury doctor "Ebola" virus Sierra Leone


Injury doctor "Ebola" virus Sierra Leone
Agencies Sunday, July 27th, 2014 13:01

Sierra Leonean doctor wounded Sheikh Omar Khan is responsible for the overall operations of anti-Ebola and prevent their spread the deadly disease itself.

The news channel Russia Today news today (Sunday) as a representative of the Ministry of Health in Sierra Leone as saying: "The Omar Khan, aged 39 years old lying currently in the hospital and oversees the treatment," Doctors Without Borders "from France," .. he said, adding that the doctor is in life and his condition is treatable .. without referring to his health.
Authorities in Sierra Leone was considered the doctor patient, who was able to treat 100 people infected with the fever and saving lives through his work, a national hero, and so for the efforts in the fight against the deadly disease, which eliminates the lives of 90 percent of patients.

more...

http://www.alwafd.org/عالمـي/715634-إصابة-طبيب-إيبولا-بسيراليون-بالفيروس


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Injury doctor in charge of the fight against Ebola

27.07.2014 | 7:55 a.m. GMT |Health17626
Sheikh Omar Khan
Reuters Umaru Fofana
Sheikh Omar Khan

Declared in Sierra Leone in the injury of the doctor in charge of the fight against Ebola virus, a deadly disease.

Sierra Leonean doctor wounded Sheikh Omar Khan (39 years old) is responsible for the overall operations of anti-Ebola and prevent their spread, virus this deadly disease, and is currently lying in the hospital and oversees the treatment, "Doctors Without Borders" from France. According to the representative of the Ministry of Health in Sierra Leone, "the doctor alive and treatable condition," without referring to his health.

The authorities in Sierra Leone has seen a doctor infected a national hero, for his efforts in the fight against the deadly disease, which eliminates the lives of 90 percent of those infected.

Sheikh Omar was able to treat 100 people infected with the fever and save their lives, through his work.

It should be noted that the Ebola virus is transmitted from infected to others through blood or other fluids such as spray exhale. And show symptoms of the disease after several days of infection, as it is felt weakness and pain in the head and muscles, as well as diarrhea and dehydration. That is, it can be a trigger others before symptoms appear.

This has reached the number of cases of the disease recorded in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, more than 1,000 injured died about 600 of them, (in Sierra Leone 427 injured 144 people have died).

Source: RT + "Vesti. Rowe"

http://arabic.rt.com/news/753397-إصابة-الطبيب-المسؤول-حمى-إيبولا/

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Ebola outbreak: American doctor fighting for life after contracting deadly illness in Liberia

Mike Pflanz in Nairobi
3:30PM BST 27 Jul 2014
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Sierra Leone's leading Ebola specialist, Dr Sheikh Umar Khan, also tested positive last week, and is being treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic. He is expected to survive.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...er-contracting-deadly-illness-in-Liberia.html

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ctim-dies-after-healer-treatment-9631897.html


Kidnapped Sierra Leone Ebola victim dies after ?healer? treatment
Umaru Fofana
Freetown
Sunday 27 July 2014

A Sierra Leone Ebola patient, whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment centre and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to another hospital.

Health officials say fear and mistrust of health workers in Sierra Leone, where many have more faith in traditional medicine, are hindering efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in the country. In recent days crowds gathered outside clinics and hospitals to protest against what they see as a conspiracy, in some cases clashing with police as they threatened to burn down the buildings and remove the patients.

Amadu Sisi, a senior doctor at King Harman hospital in the capital Freetown, from which the patient was taken, said on Saturday that police found her in the house of a healer.

Her family refused to hand her over and a struggle ensued with police, who finally retrieved her and sent her to hospital, he said.

?She died in the ambulance on the way to another hospital,? Dr Sisi said...

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Frontline physician Tim Jagatic on the worst Ebola outbreak in history
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Genna Buck
July 25, 2014
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Tim Jagatic is on the ground in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, helping Doctors Without Borders fight the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

Q: How does this illness present? What is actually happening?

A: When the virus enters the body, it attacks the immune system and the blood vessels. It releases an immune cascade at the same time as your blood vessels are being weakened. On the outside, you see fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, joint pain, muscle pain?a lot of things people associate with the common cold. With the progression of the disease, you might see the hemorrhagic signs. We see that in fewer than 50 per cent of cases.
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Q: What?s the usual cause of death?

A: There are many, and because it?s such a large outbreak, we?re starting to see some signs that we didn?t associate with Ebola before. We saw some patients with elevated blood sugar. We?ve seen people dying from what seemed to be a heart attack. We?ve seen people dying from blood loss. We?ve seen people just being overwhelmed by the disease. We don?t have much diagnostic material to work with, so we?re not able to do an EKG to see if it was a heart attack or not.
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Q: What would you be doing in an ideal situation to respond to Ebola?

A: We need twice as many people. We simply don?t have the numbers to delegate all the things that have to be done when we?re in the isolation ward. Because we?re wearing personal protective equipment, it limits the amount of time that we spend inside the isolation unit. We would like to keep a visit between 45 minutes and one hour, but now, we?re stretching it to almost two hours. We put ourselves through a very strong physiological stress when we?re using personal protection gear, because it?s impermeable. So we sweat, we?re losing water, we?re getting hotter and it wreaks havoc on the body. Our own endurance starts to wear down.
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Full text:
http://www.macleans.ca/society/heal...gatic-on-the-worst-ebola-outbreak-in-history/

 

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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

Sierra Leone's top Ebola doctor dies

Last updated: 29 Jul 2014 18:04

A second top Ebola specialist has died as the worst outbreak of the virus on record sweeps West Africa.

Sierra Leone's top doctor fighting the virus, Sheik Umar Khan, has died from Ebola, the country's chief medical officer, Brima Kargbo, said on Tuesday.

Khan, who was credited with treating more than 100 patients, was infected with Ebola this month and had been moved to a treatment ward run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres in the far north of the country.
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Re: Sierra Leone - Ebola outbreak 2014 - 525 clinical cases , 224 deaths as of July 23, 2014 (WHO)

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Sierra Leone Is Epicenter of Ebola as Guinea Clinic Shut

By Makiko Kitamura Jul 29, 2014 12:06 PM CT

Sierra Leone is now the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, which is shifting away from its source in neighboring Guinea, Doctors Without Borders said.

The group is scaling up its response in Sierra Leone, where 22 international and 250 local staff are working, the medical organization said on its website. The situation is worsening in Liberia, where confirmed cases have been reported in seven counties, it said. In Guinea, the group closed a center in Telimele, where 75 percent of patients have recovered, and new cases are falling in Conakry and Gueckedou.

It?s too soon to say the outbreak is under control anywhere, said Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the World Health Organization in Geneva. The decline in cases in Gueckedou, Guinea, may reflect that infected people are hiding rather than coming forward to be treated, Doctors Without Borders said.

?This whole outbreak in general is of concern,? Hartl said by phone today.
?From our point of view this is one huge event, and the event as a whole has to be brought under control.?
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