EBOLA/EVD [to 9 April 2016]
“Threat to international peace and security” (UN Security Council)

Editor’s Note:
Following last week’s decision by WHO, we have removed the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) designation above. We have not identified any action by the UN Security Council to change the “Threat to international peace and security” designation.

The last “Ebola Situation Update” is dated 30 March 2016 and may be the final situation report. We include two updates identified from WHO below.
We also recommend and include the link below to an editorial by Peter Hotez in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and refer readers to the full-text of Dr. Hotez’ editorial in the New York Times – “Zika is coming” – in Media Watch section near the end of this edition.

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Liberia and Guinea step up coordination to stem new cases of Ebola
7 April 2016 — WHO and Ministry of Health teams in Guinea and Liberia have established epidemiological links between new Ebola cases in Liberia and a current flare-up of Ebola in neighbouring Guinea following intensified case investigations and contact tracing.

Emergency response to Ebola flare underway in Liberia. Case investigation widens to Guinea
4 April 2016
WHO and Ministry of Health teams in Liberia and Guinea are investigating the origins of transmission in Liberia’s latest flare-up after learning that a woman who died from Ebola in Liberia last week had recently travelled from Guinea with her three young children.

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://www.plosntds.org/
(Accessed 9 April 2016)
Editorial
Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Anthropocene: The Cases of Zika, Ebola, and Other Infections
Peter J. Hotez
Published 08 Apr 2016 | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004648