Liberia - Re-emergence of Ebola

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Liberia - Re-emergence of Ebola

23 Nov 2015

The latest case, depending on sources either a 10-year or 15-year-old boy (New Potential + Fear: Fear and mistrust of authorities, and of the national and York Times, 21/11/2015; Reuters, 20/11/2015), who lives in the eastern Paynesville district of the humanitarian international health system, have facilitated Ebola city, was admitted to a treatment centre in the outskirts of Monrovia on 19 Novem. [...] They are the ones It is possible that this case would not be part of the original outbreak, which appears to who take care of sick family members and relatives, and of the body of a person who be over, but may be due to the persistence of the virus in some survivors who can then has died (IFRC 24/06/2014). [...] Fear Shift in the Response Fear and mistrust of the authorities, and of the national and international health system, has facilitated continued Ebola transmission. [...] The Montserrado County Health Team, under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Contacts: Information on the past movements of the medium and high-risk contacts is Social Welfare, is working with partners to isolate the patient and the high risk contacts, needed to ensure efficient and quick contact-tracing. [...] The Centre for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) of the United course of the previous outbreak, such as early identification and triage of cases, and States of America, has been present in Liberia since October 2014, to provide support in effective contact monitoring.

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