PQMD Members Respond to Hurricane Dorian’s Destruction in the Bahamas The Bahamas experienced the hardest hit from Hurricane Dorian as a Category 5, slow moving storm that stayed over Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands for two days. The result is almost complete destruction on the islands. The
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Hurricane Dorian Headed for Southeast U.S PQMD Members Monitoring Storm and Determining Response Efforts According to The Weather Channel, Hurricane Dorian is forecast to intensify into a Category 4 hurricane and pose a major danger to the southeastern U.S., especially Florida, over Labor Day weekend. Dorian’s center
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After One Year, Ebola Outbreak Worsening in DRC Today is the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed cases of Ebola in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 2018, Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has increased from four to 2,700 with
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World Health Organization Adapts Ebola Vaccination Strategy After Violence Impacts Response in DRC The World Health Organization adapted its Ebola vaccination strategy in the DRC last week. Deaths are now over 1,000 and response continues to be interrupted by violence and distrust. The WHO is now vaccinating
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IMA World Health Fills Critical Gaps in Ebola Response in Northeastern DR Congo Amid what is now the longest and deadliest of the 10 Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, IMA World Health — with funding from the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
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Polio Cases Blamed on Unmonitored Border Crossings Between Pakistan and Afghanistan Polio remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative believes people traveling through unchecked crossings is one of the main causes of the spread of the disease. The group has made strides
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Venezuela Crisis Affects Health Care in Neighboring Countries Measles in Brazil; HIV Treatment in Peru Overwhelmed Venezuela’s political and economic crises destroyed the country’s health care system, and now neighboring countries are impacted, NPR reports. One year after the World Health Organization declared the Americas the first
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Ebola Treatment Efforts Resume in Democratic Republic of Congo Civil unrest in Beni, the center of the latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC, stopped treatment efforts last month. But officials from the World Health Organization recently announced Ebola response in that area had resumed due to
Read more →Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Reaches 500 Cases Outbreak’s 289 deaths includes healthcare workers The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo hit 500 cases yesterday, including 289 deaths. Two of the latest deaths occurred outside a hospital or treatment center, increasing the
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Experimental Treatment Trials in Use in Latest Ebola Outbreak Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Largest on Record in DRC Experimental treatments are the latest development in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has had 419 confirmed and suspected cases and at least
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