Global Health Ebola Update 1/13

EBOLA

It’s Not Gone Yet …
This sweeping overview reminds us that even if mainstream Western media interest in Ebola is waning, West Africa is still in the throes of a devastating outbreak. Julia Belluz presents data to back up some key issues:
·      Why the outbreak is unprecedented and why Ebola will likely never be eradicated
·      Different, worrisome patterns of transmission persist in the 3 hardest-hit countries
·      The case numbers are unreliable
·      Despite recent promising signs, a vaccine is a long way off.

Highlighting Ebola’s intractability, infectious disease modeler David Fisman explains, "There’s going to be a last-mile problem here … You have this thing smouldering away in the jungle. It's going to be very difficult to stamp out the last few embers and — given that an epidemic can start up from the last few embers — that’s going to be an issue."
** Vox (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=b590bc8744&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: After Ebola, WHO blames governments and seeks more clout – ** Reuters (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=db03a0cf13&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: Trial By Ebola – ** Vanity Fair (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=a8202605f9&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: Report maps complex challenges to Ebola vaccine efforts – ** CIDRAP (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=e1b876ebb9&e=9c1fcebfa3)


Related: Ebola takes mental health toll where 'life has frozen' in Sierra Leone – ** The Guardian (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=87aa145bbc&e=9c1fcebfa3)

Related: China sending large Ebola relief team to West Africa – ** Associated Press (http://jhsph.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0a43ad874dbe00d8f0545cfef&id=6aaba502a6&e=9c1fcebfa3)