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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“Like the Gift of Life”— PQMD Member Eli Lilly and Insulin Donations in the Wake of Hurricane Maria Effort Included PQMD Members Direct Relief and Project HOPE When Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico in September 2017, the storm knocked out power for months – putting supplies
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Colombia Opens Camp for Venezuelan Migrants More than 2.3 million have left Venezuela in the last three years Colombia opened a migrant camp in Bogota this week for the increasing number of Venezuelans fleeing their country’s economic and humanitarian crises. The Colombian government consulted with the French
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PQMD Members Responding to California Wildfires In response to what has become the deadliest series of wildfires in California history, several PQMD members are actively responding with aid and financial contributions. Direct Relief, who responds each year to California wildfires, recently made their entire wildfire inventory available
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