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Get introduced to NETEC through the interactive timeline of special pathogens below.* This timeline describes some significant special pathogen events in recent history.
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Find out more about the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the development of the ASPR/CDC-supported network of healthcare facilities preparing for the next outbreak through .
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This NETEC Repository helps to provide training and educational resources to prepare for future special pathogen events.
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Explore the files BELOW THE TIMELINE to discover and learn more about Ebola and other Special Pathogens, an overview of special pathogens, clinically managing patients affected, and readying healthcare teams and systems to keep everyone safe.
Timeline of Special Pathogens:
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Creator: United Kingdom Department of Health
Subject: Treatment & Care
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2021-08-12
Description: Gov.uk Marburg guidelines. From: Public Health England Published: 5 September 2014 Marburg virus is one of two viruses of the Filovirus family which, along with Ebola virus, can cause a severe and fatal haemorrhagic fever (VHF). -
Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Subject: General
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
Description: This table presents Ebola characteristics compared with other infectious diseases. -
Creator: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-05-14
Description: Questions about Ebola explained -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Risk communication is a core public health intervention in any disease outbreak and health emergency. It refers to the real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions between experts, officials and people who face a threat to their wellbeing,…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Pandemic influenza is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract. It occurs when an influenza virus that was not previously circulating among people and to which most people have no immunity emerges and transmits among people. This course… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus disease, is endemic in much of West Africa and usually sparks a seasonal outbreak from December to March. Humans usually become infected with Lassa virus from… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus that can result in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with case fatality rates of 10–40%. CCHF is endemic in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and… -
Creator: WHO
Subject: Training and Exercises
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-05
Description: All personnel responding to Ebola outbreaks need to have basic knowledge and skills in order to mount an effective response. The GO training package was developed for WHO deployees so they can work safely and effectively as part of the teams bringing… -
Creator: Boston University
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Webinar
Date Last Updated: 2018-04-30
Description: From Ebola to Zika, from hurricanes to opioids, threats to health make headlines and challenge our public health response. Lessons learned from CDC’s engagements around the world, and in our backyard, suggest a role for everyone in mitigating risk… -
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