ebola hemorrhagic fever as a public health emergency of international concern; a review article

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; a Review Article

Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in Yambuku (near the Ebola river), Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Nzara, Sudan. The current outbreak of the Ebola virus was started by reporting the first case in March 2014 in the forest regions of southeastern Guinea. Due to infection rates raising over 13,000...

Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, WHO warns.

The World Health Organization has declared the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa a public health emergency of international concern and has called for a strong and coordinated international response. After a two day meeting held by teleconference, the organisation’s emergency committee unanimously agreed that the outbreak—centred in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone—was “an...

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

letter to the editor does not have abstract.

Reflections on the Ebola Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Part 1: Post-Ebola Syndrome: The Silent Outbreak

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever

media coverage when outbreaks occur. The causative organisms are found in tropical Africa and the Philippines. They belong to the Filoviridae family. Clinical presentations of the viral infections they cause share many common characteristics. At least 6 Marburg virus outbreaks and 21 Ebola virus outbreaks have been documented to date (Table 1). More outbreaks have probably occurred in remote ar...

ebola hemorrhagic fever

context ebola hemorrhagic fever (ehf) is amongst severe and fatal viral hemorrhagic fevers. in february 2014, a strain of the ebola virus appeared in guinea and then in liberia, sierra leone, and mali. the aim of this study was to review the literature on ehf and discuss its routes of transmission and prevention. evidence acquisition we searched medical databases (pubmed, scopus) from july 1970...