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This working group is focused on discussions about public health.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about public health.

Members

Aboubacar Conte Anthony Elhadj Drame Hadiatou Balde Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald
MDMcDonald_me_com mike kraft

Email address for group

public-health-conakry@m.resiliencesystem.org

CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

 

        
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 

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Scientists Develop 'Cooling' Protective Suits for Ebola Workers

           

Protective suits are essential kit for some workers like firefighters and healthcare workers, but staying cool enough to work for long periods is a challenge.

africanews.com - September 19, 2018

A team at California’s Stanford University working on the regulation of body temperature have created a cooling system that could double the amount of time workers can spend wearing protective suits.

The research was prompted by healthcare workers from Sierra Leone who experienced debilitating heat when wearing suits that protected them from the highly infectious Ebola virus . . . 

 . . . the cooling system allowed the students to spend at least double the time being active than without it, and some tripled or quadrupled the time spent being active.

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