WHO: Global Alert and Response (GAR) – Disease Outbreak News [to 2 August 2014]
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
:: Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update 31 July 2014
Briefing: WHO Director-General assesses the Ebola outbreak with three West African presidents
Overview of the Ebola situation delivered to the Presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
Conakry, Guinea
1 August 2014
Dr Margaret Chan briefed the presidents on the Ebola situation in Conakry, Guinea. She underscored the many unprecedented dimensions of the outbreak, the extraordinary challenges that have emerged, and the need for a turning point in the international response. She announced that on 6-7 August, WHO will convene an Emergency Committee meeting in order to ascertain whether the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC) and, if it does, to recommend appropriate action.
:: Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa July – December 2014
:: Ebola outbreak response update pdf, 793kb 28 July 2014
CDC/MMWR Watch [to 2 August 2014]
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html
:: CDC Telebriefing on Ebola outbreak in West Africa – Transcript July 31, 2014
CDC hosted a media telebriefing to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
:: As West Africa Ebola outbreak worsens, CDC issues Level 3 Travel Warning – Press Release July 31, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a warning to avoid nonessential travel to the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This Level 3 travel warning is a reflection of the worsening Ebola outbreak in this region.
MMWR Weekly – August 1, 2014 / Vol. 63 / No. 30
:: Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Pertussis in a School and Religious Community Averse to Health Care and Vaccinations — Columbia County, Florida, 2013