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• Advanced Preparation Makes Research in Emergencies and Isolation Care Possible: The Case of Coronavirus Disease.

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemic, Lab, Laboratory, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, Research
  Creator: Brett-Major, David M., Elizabeth R. Schnaubelt, Hannah M. Creager, Abigail Lowe, Theodore J. Cieslak, Jacob M. Dahlke, Daniel W. Johnson, Paul D. Fey, Keith F. Hansen, Angela L. Hewlett, Bruce G. Gordon, Andre C. Kalil, Ali S. Khan, Mark G.…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03-30
  Description: The optimal time to initiate research on emergencies is before they occur. However, timely initiation of high-quality research may launch during an emergency under the right conditions.

• Creating a Framework for Conducting Randomized Clinical Trials during Disease Outbreaks

  Tags Clinical Trial, Epidemic, Laboratory Testing, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Dean, Natalie E., Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, Ron Brookmeyer, Forrest W. Crawford, Christl A. Donnelly, Susan S. Ellenberg, Thomas R. Fleming, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Peter Horby, Thomas Jaki, Philip R. Krause, Ira M. Longini, Sabue Mulangu, Jean-Jacques…
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04-02
  Description: Conducting trials of novel interventions during infectious disease emergencies, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, is increasingly recognized as important for determining the efficacy of potential vaccines and therapies.

• Ebola virus disease in DR Congo

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, Outcomes, R-Gen, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Burki, Talha.
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-04
  Description: As the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ending, there are important lessons to be learnt. Talha Burki reports.

• A family cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infection involving 11 patients in Nanjing, China

  Tags 2019-nCoV, Airborne Transmission, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Droplet Transmission, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Huang, Rui, Juan Xia, Yuxin Chen, Chun Shan, and Chao Wu.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-02-28
  Description: Human infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global health concern.

• Treating Ebola in eastern DRC

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, Treatment and Care, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: Rojek, Amanda M., Shevin T. Jacob, and Jake Dunning.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2020-03
  Description: Since the onset of the west Africa Ebola virus outbreak, there has been remarkable progress in efforts to provide patients with improved supportive care and access to experimental treatments.

• Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, Pandemic, R-T&E, Training
  Creator: Harvard University
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Online Course
  Date Last Updated: 2018-09-03
  Description: Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better. Open September 3, 2018 – September 1, 2020

• Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks

  Tags Ebola, Legal, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-EM, Special Pathogens
  Creator: National Governors Association (NGA)
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Webinar
  Date Last Updated: 2019-11-26
  Description: The third webinar in the four-part series on Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies, this was hosted in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Bar Association.

• Ebola dashboard RDC (EVD dashboard DRC)

  Tags Ebola, Outbreaks, Outcomes, R-Gen
  Creator: WHO Africa
  Subject: General
  Item Type: Hyperlink
  Date Last Updated: 2019-09-18
  Description: Dashboard showing the data from the DRC 2018-2019 Ebola outbreak in graphs, maps, and timelines. BON A SAVOIR (GOOD TO KNOW):Visualisez la cartographie animée 1 année après /Check out 1 year of Ebola animated maps Certaines données géographiques de…
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  Pregnant Women and the Ebola Crisis

  Tags Contact Transmission, Ebola, Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, Labor and Delivery, Neonates, Outbreaks, R-Res&Pub, R-SP, R-T&C, Vaccine Study
  Creator: Haddad, Lisa B., Denise J. Jamieson, and Sonja A. Rasmussen.
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2018-12-27
  Description: On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported the emergence of another Ebola virus outbreak, the 10th in the DRC since the virus was discovered in 1976. As of November 13, 2018, there were 341 cases and…

• Clinical Laboratory Equipment Manufacturer Policies on Highly Hazardous Communicable Diseases.

  Tags Example, Lab, Laboratory, Outbreaks, Public Health, R-Lab, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Herstein, Jocelyn J., Sean A. Buehler, Aurora B. Le, John J. Lowe, Peter C. Iwen, and Shawn G. Gibbs.
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-06-20
  Description: The 2014-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa prompted a shift in how US institutions and agencies respond to cases of highly hazardous communicable diseases (HHCDs).

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