-thanks, David

-if we are speaking about "lessons from Africa", very interesting the lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ébola. Lecciones desde la República Democrática del Congo (África central, bien lejos de Guinea Conakry y Sierra Leona)
Ebola.Lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo (central Africa, far away from Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone).
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411099?query=featured_home#t=articleDiscussion

-about the consequences of travel ban
Ebola. Restricciones al transporte. El 90% del coste económico de los brotes infecciosos lo causan las conductas irracionales y desorganizadas para cortar la difusión.
Ebola. Travel bans. 90% of any oubreak economic costs come from irrational & disorganized efforts to avoid infection.
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6964633/travel-ban-airport-screening-ebola-outbreak-virus

-un saludo

-juan gérvas

2014-10-19 10:52 GMT+02:00 David P. Dillard <[log in to unmask]>:

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On Sun, 19 Oct 2014, Juan Gérvas wrote:

-thanks, Ursula
-speaking about "communication"
Ébola. Lecciones de éxitos en África. Quien difunde el mensaje es tan importante como el propio mensaje.
Ebola. Lessons from success in Africa.  Who delivers the message is as important as the message being given out.
https://www.devex.com/news/ebola-communication-what-we-ve-learned-so-far-84559
-un saludo
-juan gérvas

2014-10-19 8:35 GMT+02:00 Ursula Theuretzbacher <[log in to unmask]>:

      Here is some information about the outbreak response in Nigeria: http://promedmail.org/

      Best regards,

      Ursula Theuretzbacher

       

       

      Ursula Theuretzbacher, Ph.D.

      Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Vienna, Austria

      www.utheuretzbacher.com

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      [4] Nigeria: outbreak response
      Date: Sat 18 Oct 2014
      From: Tamsin Dew <[log in to unmask]> [edited]

      A very impressive, transparent and enlightening talk was given at Imperial College London last night [17 Oct
      2014] by Mrs. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Team Lead for Management & Coordination in the National Ebola Emergency
      Operation Center, Nigeria; Chief of Office, UNICEF Lagos. I don't know how much of this information is in the
      public eye already, but Mrs. Nyanti described the Nigerian outbreak response in detail and I urge you to contact
      her for further information about it.

      The response was co-ordinated by Ebola Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) established in Lagos and Port Harcourt
      and involved heads of 6 different teams (epi/surveillance, clinical management, organisation/management, etc)
      reporting to a single Incident Manager, Dr Faisal Shuaib from the Federal Ministry of Health/Nigerian CDC.
      Appointments were skills- and motivation-driven, from a variety of state and federal government bodies and
      technical partners (including MSF). Far-sighted governmental support, strong leadership, and solid communication
      and co-operation between different individuals and groups seem to have been critical.

      Daily team meetings and strategy group round tables were implemented and all tasks were allocated, tracked and
      followed up daily. An isolation ward was purpose built under guidance from MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres].
      Danger pay and risk-based life insurance policies were implemented for all at-risk staff. A dedicated rumour
      line was established and all calls responded to. A social mobilisation and communication team that targeted
      neighbourhoods of contacts (using GIS to go house-to-house, radially) was instrumental in reducing stigma and
      spreading important information about the disease, as well as gathering additional leads.

      Mrs. Nyanti reports the following figures:
      - 899 contacts traced (only 1 lost to follow-up)
      - 20 cases, 8 deaths, CFR [case fatality rate] of 40 percent
      - 1289 staff in Lagos and Port Harcourt EOC, including more than 300 in epi/surveillance, more than 500 in
      social mobilisation/communication, more than 300 at ports of entry, more than 100 in clinical care/case
      management, more than 20 lab staff, and more than 20 in the management/coordination team
      - no health workers involved with case management were infected.
      reported by
      Tamsin Dew
      Imperial College, London (student)
      UK
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-----Original Message-----
From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Amy Price
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:53 PM
To: EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Ebola, no EBM screening at airports

 

Agree but what are the reasonable cost effective EBM alternatives? How did Nigeria stop the spread if indeed it
actually has

 

Best

Amy

 

On 10/18/14, 3:35 PM, "Juan Gérvas" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

>Ébola. El cribado de fiebre-síntomas en aeropuertos no sirve, es

>inútil, da falsa sensación de seguridad.

>Ebola. Airport screening does not work. It gives a false sense of

>reassurance.

>http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6202

>-attached, just in case

>-un saludo

>-juan gérvas