Global Health Ebola Round-Up 7/13

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Donors at the Ebola Recovery Conference in New York on Friday announced $3.4 billion in new funds to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone to rebuild their economies and health systems. Deutsche Welle (http://www.dw.com/en/donors-pledge-billions-for-ebola-recovery-in-west-africa/a-18578274)

30 people are still getting infected with Ebola each week in West Africa, and 1/3 of those are surprise cases (not on the contact list)—“a big worry,” according to the UN’s Ebola special envoy David Nabarro. Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/us-africa-ebola-idUSKCN0PN0RX20150713)

Guinea's president Alpha Condé is prioritizing the health system and the private sector—both devastated by Ebola. The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/12/guinea-president-alpha-conde-ebola-aid)

Liberians have “great awareness about Ebola transmission, but a majority are not confident about identifying symptoms of the disease,” according to a knowledge, attitudes and practices study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6426a2.htm?s_cid=mm6426a2_w) on Friday. Healio (http://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/emerging-diseases/news/online/%7Bf4306caa-bb3a-4a14-a5d6-2edff2b4526e%7D/liberians-struggle-to-identify-ebola)

Genetic sequencing has shown the source of Liberia's recent Ebola cluster is similar to earlier viruses found in Liberia, discounting the likelihood of an import from Guinea or Sierra Leone or a new introduction from an animal. CIDRAP (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/07/gene-study-points-liberian-source-new-ebola-cluster)