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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable
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Wed, 2018-11-07 23:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola patient in the village of Mangina, in North Kivu province, on Aug. 18. (Olivia Acland/Reuters)washingtonpost.com - by Lena H. Sun - November 5, 2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Monday that the Ebola outbreak in conflict-ridden Congo has become so serious that international public health experts need to consider the possibility that it cannot be brought under control and instead will become entrenched.
If that happened, it would be the first time since the deadly viral disease was first identified in 1976 that an Ebola outbreak led to the persistent presence of the disease. In all previous outbreaks, most of which took place in remote areas, the disease was contained before it spread widely.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/11/05/cdc-director-warns-that-congos-ebola-outbreak-may-not-be-containable/?utm_term=.16a54264defdCSIS - North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 90: What Is to Be Done?
https://www.csis.org/analysis/north-kivus-ebola-outbreak-day-90-what-be-done
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Ebola total reaches 300 as WHO, UN leaders travel to DRC
cidrap.umn.edu - by Stephanie Soucheray - November 5, 2018
. . . The totals for the outbreak now stand at 300 cases (265 confirmed, 35 probable), including 186 deaths. In addition, 41 suspected cases are still under investigation . . .
. . . The current outbreak has been marked by fits of virus activity and violence in the outbreak region, which has hampered response and vaccination efforts . . .
. . . Today leaders from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) arrived in DRC to check in with outbreak response efforts.
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CDC Director Discusses Latest on DRC Ebola Outbreak
centerforhealthsecurity.org - by Nick Alexopulos - November 6, 2018
In extensive comments about the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Robert Redfield, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasized that security concerns in the region are the preeminent factor hindering US response.
Redfield shared the update on Nov. 5 at an event on Capitol Hill organized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security for congressional staffers and other public health stakeholders. He addressed security and other serious challenges, the possible trajectory of the outbreak, how CDC and the US government are involved in the response, and what is needed to control spread of the disease.
(CLICK HERE - READ COMPLETE ARTICLE - CDC DIRECTOR DISCUSSES LATEST ON DRC EBOLA OUTBREAK AT CENTER FOR HEALTH SECURITY EVENT ON CAPITOL HILL)
A summary of the entire discussion during the hour-long event is within the link below . . .
CLICK HERE - Conversation with CDC Director Robert Redfield: The Latest on the DRC Ebola Outbreak - Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Congressional Seminar - Monday, November 5, 2018 - Dirksen Senate Office Building (2 page .PDF document)