The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa July to December 2014. Annex 1
The aim is to provide early detection of potentially infected persons; to assist in implementing WHO recommendations related to Ebola management; and to prevent the international spread of the disease w...pan>hile allowing PoE authorities to avoid unnecessary restrictions and delays
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This poster set includes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) posters to teach about good WASH practices, including household ...e-to-highlight medbox">water treatment technologies.
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This document provides guidelines on the establisment of early surveillance actions to be carried out in countries where no case of Ebola virus disease has been reported.
An alert system should be in place at the following sites: major land border... crossing with already affected countries; capital cities, including at airports, seaports, and health-care facilities, especially in major hospitals.
The alert system (staff trained in case definitions and able to detect signs and symptoms of disease) should report sick persons coming from country that has reported cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and possibly meeting the definition of a case under investigation
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Free access from the website http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1411100. Please open the link and download the pdf-file
This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus
Disease at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations ...become
available.
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Online Training Course
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is one of many viral hemorrhagic fevers. It is a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates, and is one of the world's most contagious diseases. However, the infection can be controll...ed through recommended protective measures. For Grassroot Audience. You can download the Education Module: http://www.wiredhealthresources.net/training/filling-station.html
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This interim guidance to national health authorities and blood transfusion services outlines the steps required to collect convalescent whole blood (CWB) or plasma (CP) from Ebola virus disease (EVD) recovered patients for transfusion to patients <...span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">with early EVD, as an empirical treatment modality.
Document contents:
Guidance on donor selection, screening, donation and handling of blood and plasma units;
guidance on transfusion of convalescent whole blood or plasma;
other considerations.
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This interim guidance is aimed at assisting organizers of international meetings attended by individuals from EVD-affected countries and individuals with a travel history to EVD-affected countries w...>ithin the previous 3 weeks.
The first part is intended for organizers of international meetings, to safely plan and conduct these events. The second part is addressed to public health authorities directly involved in supporting such international meetings.
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Ebola Situation Assessment 6 October 2014
Reproduced by CHAL (Chrisitan Health Association Liberia) 3 October 2014