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MMWR Early Release
Vol. 63, Early Release
December 16, 2014 |
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Update: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — West Africa, December 2014
Incident Management System Ebola Epidemiology Team, CDC; Guinea Interministerial Committee for Response Against the Ebola Virus and the World Health Organization; CDC Guinea Response Team, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-3
CDC is assisting ministries of health and working with other organizations to end the ongoing epidemic of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in West Africa. The updated data in this report were compiled from situation reports from three countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) where transmission is widespread and intense, and include all suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, which are defined similarly by each country. As of December 7, a total of 17,908 Ebola cases have been reported from West Africa, and a total of 6,373 deaths have occurred. |
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Challenges in Responding to the Ebola Epidemic — Four Rural Counties, Liberia, August–November 2014
Aimee Summers, PhD, Tolbert G. Nyenswah, MPH, Joel M. Montgomery, PhD, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63(Early Release):1-3
By October 2014, the Ebola virus disease epidemic had reached all 15 counties of Liberia. During August 27–September 10, 2014, CDC and the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare assessed county Ebola response plans in four rural counties (Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Rivercess, and Sinoe), to identify county-specific challenges in executing their plans, and to provide recommendations and training to enhance con¬trol efforts. This report summarizes that assessment. |
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