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Surviving Ebola

Tue, 2014-12-09 01:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Decontee Davis: She won her battle with Ebola. Her 5-year-old son, though, paid a price. She didn’t want other kids to suffer the same way, so she embarked on a difficult new job.

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Decontee Davis, 23, works at a child-care center, where any of the 13 children could be coming down with Ebola. All are from homes where parents or guardians have been taken away to treatment centers or died of Ebola, and now the youngsters must be monitored for 21 days to determine whether they are infected as well.

The job falls to a staff of 10, all survivors of Ebola like Davis, who watch them 24 hours a day.

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In Ebola Outbreak, Bad Data Adds Another Problem

Mon, 2014-12-08 19:10 — mike kraft

ASSOCIATED PRESS -By MARIA CHENG and SARAH DiLORENZO Dec. 14, 2014

LONDON--As health officials struggle to contain the world's biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, their efforts are being complicated by another problem: bad data.

Having accurate numbers about an outbreak is essential not only to provide a realistic picture of the epidemic, but to determine effective control strategies. Dr. Bruce Aylward, who is leading the World Health Organization's Ebola response, said it's crucial to track every single Ebola patient in West Africa to stop the outbreak and that serious gaps remain in their data.

"As we move into the stage of hunting down the virus instead of just slowing the exponential growth, having good data is going to be at the heart of this," Aylward said. "We are not there yet and this is something we definitely need to fix."

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An Ebola Doctor’s Return From the Edge of Death

Mon, 2014-12-08 14:57 — mike kraft

Detailed description of one Doctor’s Story of Fighting Back From Ebola’s Deadly Grip

NEW YORK TIMES by Denise Grady Dec. 8, 2014

Dr. Ian Crozier, 44, contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone while treating patients. He was evacuated to Atlanta on Sept. 9 and had an agonizing illness, with 40 days in the hospital and dark stretches when his doctors and his family feared he might sustain brain damage or die. His identity was kept secret at his request, to protect his family’s privacy.

Now, for the first time, he is speaking out. His reason, he said, is to thank Emory for the extraordinary care he received, and to draw attention to the continuing epidemic.

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10th Sierra Leonean Doctor Dies From Ebola

Sun, 2014-12-07 15:16 — mike kraft

ASSOCIATED PRESS-- by CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Dec. 7, 2014

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone --Another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease, a health official said Sunday.

Dr. Aiah Solomon Konoyeima died Saturday, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brima Kargbo. His death came a day after two other doctors died from Ebola, emphasizing the tremendous toll the disease has taken on health care workers.

Konoyeima worked at a children's hospital in the capital and tested positive for Ebola about two weeks ago. He was treated at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center, which is staffed exclusively by Sierra Leonean medical personnel, as compared to many other treatment units, which are run by international organizations or employ some foreign staff.

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