{"id":28039,"date":"2018-10-23T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28039"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:16:36","slug":"anatomy-of-an-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/anatomy-of-an-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of an outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/anatomy-of-an-outbreak\/article24062331.ece\">Anatomy of an outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Article:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0R.Prasad, author, discussed how Congo learnt from the 2014 Ebola crisis and what measures is adopting in dealing with current crisis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. The Democratic Republic of Congo noticed Ebola cases once again this year.<\/p>\n<p>3. Last time the virus was discovered in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>4. Although, the WHO announced that the Ebola outbreak had ended.<\/p>\n<p><u>5. Areas recorded crisis this year:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congo recorded a fresh outbreak in North Kivu province.<\/li>\n<li>Majority of cases are recorded from Mangina, adversely populated area.<\/li>\n<li>The cases were also reported from Bikoro in Equateur Province on 8May.<\/li>\n<li>Most cases were from report areas because:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6. These areas made it a challenge in terms of surveillance, case detection, and confirmation, contract tracing, and access to vaccines and therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p><u>6. 2014 Ebola crisis: <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2014, Ebola had struck three West African countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone).<\/li>\n<li>Measures taken in 2014 to handle Ebola crisis were delayed and were responsible for the spread and high mortality.<\/li>\n<li>In 2014, Wet African epidemic, WHO\u2019s Emergency Committee convened around some thousand death cases confirmed.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the heightened global risk, the committee has not viewed it to be a \u2018Public Health Emergency of International Concern\u2019, which is formal WHO declaration. There are two reasons for this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>a) Replied and comprehensive response by the government, WHO, and other partners.<\/p>\n<p>b) Availability of vaccine developed by Canada\u2019s National Microbiology Laboratory and manufactured by Merck. As a result vaccination trial carried out in Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><u>7. WHO\u2019s measures this year:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A day after Congo declared an outbreak, WHO, and the Ministry of Health set up a specialized cold chain to store the vaccine in the provincial capital Mbandaka.<\/li>\n<li>The first batch of more than 4,000 doses of vaccine was provided to Congo.<\/li>\n<li>This mark the first time vaccines were available so early in a response.<\/li>\n<li>Vaccination of health workers as well as people in contract with Ebola began in Mbandaka.<\/li>\n<li>In total , 3,330 people were vaccinated.<\/li>\n<li>It took around 30 months to control 2014 crisis, it took less than three months to handle this year crisis.<\/li>\n<li>In 2014, Wet African epidemic, WHO\u2019s Emergency Committee convened only after some thousand death cases confirmed. \u00a0This time around, it convened 10 days after the outbreak was declared.<\/li>\n<li>The WHO released $1 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>It multidisciplinary team began an active search for cases and people who had come in contract with those who were infected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. However, despite above pro-active measures this time, 14 laboratory confirmed cases were reported within 10 days of outbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anatomy of an outbreak Article: \u00a0R.Prasad, author, discussed how Congo learnt from the 2014 Ebola crisis and what measures is adopting in dealing with current crisis. Important facts: 2. The Democratic Republic of Congo noticed Ebola cases once again this year. 3. Last time the virus was discovered in 1976. 4. 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