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• REDCap for Biocontainment Worker Symptom Monitoring

  Tags Example, Healthcare Worker Monitoring, Identify, Isolate, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, R-Lead, R-PM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Anne L. O'Keefe, Bryan F. Buss, Samir Koirala, Michael X. Gleason, Ashok Mudgapalli, and Shelly Schwedhelm.
  Subject: Personnel Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: The Ebola epidemic of 2014 demonstrated that outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases, even in remote parts of the world, can affect communities anywhere in the developed world and that every healthcare facility must be prepared to identify,…

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• Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency

  Tags Pandemic, R-Res&Pub, Research, Research Design
  Creator: Abigail E Lowe, Colleen Kraft, Mark G Kortepeter, Keith F Hansen, Kristine Sanger, Ann Johnson, Jonathan D Grein, Julie Martin, Rebecca Rousselle, Jennifer A Garland, Jessica Spotts, John J Lowe, Lauren M Sauer, Christopher J Kratochvil, Bruce G…
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-05-31
  Description: Research is foundational for evidence-based management of patients. Clinical research, however, takes time to plan, conduct, and disseminate—a luxury that is rarely available during a public health emergency. The University of Nebraska Medical Center…

• Ebola Response in Cities

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-26
  Description: In November 2014, ALNAP launched a sub-group of the Urban Response Community of Practice (CoP) to gather learning from the urban aspects of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) response in West Africa.

• Working with People and Communities in Urban Humanitarian Crises

  Tags Communications, Ebola, Emergency Management, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Public Health, Quarantine, R-EM, R-Res&Pub, Special Pathogens
  Creator: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
  Subject: Emergency Management
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2017-06-01
  Description: This Working Paper explores the topic of working with urban populations and communities.
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  Presentation and Outcomes of Lassa Fever in Children in Nigeria: A Prospective Cohort Study (LASCOPE)

  Tags Children, Lassa, Lassa fever, Outcomes, Pediatrics, Special Pathogens, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Alexandre Duvignaud, Ijeoma C Etafo, Marie Jaspard, Qasim Salau, Béatrice Serra, Abiodun J Kareem, Sylvain Juchet, Tolulope O Jegede, Delphine Gabillard, Abiodun T Abidoye, Camille Le Gal, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Sampson Owhin, Kevin Okwaraeke, Mahamadou…
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2024-08-21
  Description: Data on the presentation, management, and outcomes of Lassa fever (LF) in children are limited. Key Points Lassa fever fatality is lower in children over 12 months old than in adults. Upper gastrointestinal symptoms should prompt immediate testing…

• Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis

  Tags Nipah (NiV), R-IPC, Zoonotic
  Creator: Ali M Alam.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2022-07-22
  Description: Nipah virus is an acute febrile illness that can cause fatal encephalitis. It is an emerging zoonotic paramyxovirus endemic to south-east Asia and the western Pacific, and can be transmitted by its primary reservoir of fruit bats, through…

• Dynamically Modeling SARS and Other Newly Emerging Respiratory Illnesses: Past, Present, and Future

  Tags Epidemiology, R-Res&Pub, SARS
  Creator: Alison P. Galvani.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2005-11
  Description: The emergence and rapid global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus in 2002–2003 prompted efforts by modelers to characterize SARS epidemiology and inform control policies.

• Care and Protection of Children in the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic: Lessons learned for future public health emergencies

  Tags Ebola, Pediatrics, Public Health, R-SP, R-T&C, Treatment and Care
  Creator: Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF
  Subject: Treatment & Care
  Item Type: Guide
  Date Last Updated: 2017-01-23
  Description: Report and webinar about child protection response with Ebola.

• Threading the NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories)

  Tags Basic Science Research, Biosafety, Ebola, Lab, Laboratory, R-Res&Pub, Therapeutics, Vaccine Study, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  Creator: American Society for Microbiology
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Video
  Date Last Updated: 2018-01-02
  Description: This video explores the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) security, a Biological Safety Level (BSL)-4 safety suit, and the facility.

• A Novel Approach to Infectious Disease Preparedness: Incorporating Investigational Therapeutics and Research Objectives into Full-Scale Exercises

  Tags Exercises and Drills, Experimental Drugs, R-Res&Pub, Research, Therapeutics
  Creator: Angela Vasa, Syra Madad, LuAnn Larson, Colleen S. Kraft, Sharon Vanairsdale, Jonathan D. Grein, Jennifer Garland, Virginia “Madison” Butterworth, and Christopher J. Kratochvil.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
  Description: The use of investigational therapeutics in the care of patients with Ebola virus disease was documented in the literature following the 2013-2016 outbreak. In order to access these types of therapeutics, facilities must have processes in place to…