Significant Health Care Event: Ebola Outbreak Gilberto Colon HCS/531 13 October 2014 George De Rosa Significant Health Care Event: Ebola Outbreak Ever since the Ebola virus was discovered in West Africa in 1976‚ it has become the most resilient and lethal virus known to date. The Ebola virus has become one of the most fatal diseases in the world (Evans & Kaslow‚ 1997). The latest outbreak of this disease in West Africa has infected over 70 people and out of those‚ 43 infected
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The Hot Zone In the book the Hot Zone‚ by Richard Preston‚ the first few pages are introducing the reader into the world of contagious hot agents by going through the biosaftey procedures to access level 4. In part one‚ Charles Monet a fifty-six year old Frenchman living in western Kenya on the lands of the Nzoia Sugar Factory is introduced‚ but as his story continues he finds himself greatly ill by some unknown virus. It began shortly after a visit with a friend to Kitum Cave. Of course
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pandemics such as Ebola Virus Disease in Singapore’s aviation industry‚ actions that can be taken to resolve the issues‚ the detailed steps on how to implement these measures and lastly‚ a personal opinion on whether the aviation companies or organisation in Singapore are ready to tackle the issues caused by pandemics. a. Risks and impacts Risks of Pandemics The occurrence of a pandemic is unpredictable‚ no one knows where or when will it happen. For example‚ a pandemic such as the Ebola Virus Disease
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many people and not have enough jobs to give out everyone. My next set of factors that I have researched are the economic facts in Sierra Leone. The GDP in Sierra Leone continues to grow but in 2014 the growth has slowed down 6.0% due to the Ebola outbreak analysis shows that economic growth has slowed down to 6.0% in 2014 this is a threat to the corporation because we can’t build a plant and have people come out to work. People would be afraid to come out because no one wants to catch the virus
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America’s Greatest Fear The Ebola virus was discovered in the late 1970s by the international community as the causative agent of major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa’s Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan (Vasilyevich IV‚ et al. 2005). Immediately‚ the International scientific teams moved in to deal with these highly virulent epidemics where their findings revealed that the transmission had exponentially ceased; however‚ the team could not reconstruct a considerable
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2014 Michael Raneses ETHICAL DILEMMA EBOLA VIRUS Ebola virus appeared in Sudan‚ Zaire in 1976. The very first outbreak of the Ebola virus was named Sudan Ebola virus and it infected over 284 people‚ killing 53% of its victims. Another strain of the infection came infecting 318 people; this strain was called the Zaire Ebola virus. It had the highest mortality rate of 88%‚ and at this time the researchers were not able to pin point where the Ebola virus had originated from. The third subtype
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Council QUESTION OF: Containing the Ebola virus in West Africa‚ treating its victims and taking measures to prevent its recurrence. MAIN SUBMITTER: Human Right Council‚ Realizing the importance of international collaboration on solving to contain the outbreak of the Ebola affected countries‚ especially in West Africa Acknowledges all the effort all nations has made to eliminate Ebola cases Noting with concerns the negative effects of the spread of Ebola to Western Africa 1. Recommends NGOs
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about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first appearance of an Ebola-like virus takes place in Kenya and costs the life of a French emigrant named
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1. There are a number of characters in this book‚ choose one and tell us why you would want to be that person. Throughout this book we are introduced to many interesting and riveting characters but in my opinion one of the best characters in this book would have to be Major Nancy Jaax. She was a veterinarian in the Army‚ and her work at Fort Detrick in Maryland often took her away from her children. Consequently‚ she often made up batches of meals in advance so they could easily be thawed and reheated
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The Hot Zone Summary | Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles
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