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1. A humanitarian response to the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak

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Linda M. Mobula, Jolene H. Nakao, Sonia Walia, Justin Pendarvis, Peter Morris, and David Townes

Subjects
Ebola virus disease, Humanitarian, West Africa, Anthropology, GN1-890, International relations, JZ2-6530
Abstract

Abstract The 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was of unprecedented magnitude with a total of 28,616 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The international humanitarian community utilized its expertise in rapid response and scale up in emergency situations to manage a threat different from the more common humanitarian emergencies resulting from conflict or natural disaster. Unique multisectoral partnerships forged between traditional public health actors and humanitarian actors facilitated mutual learning and opened the door to ongoing working relationships that will hasten efficient and effective response to future global public health emergencies.

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2018
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3. Searching for better flu surveillance? A brief communication arising from Ginsberg et al. Nature 457, 1012-1014 (2009)

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Atar Baer, Erin L Murray, Donald R. Olson, Karl Soetebier, Ryan Gentry, Amy Ising, Marc Paladini, Lana Deyneka, Justin Pendarvis, Kevin J. Konty, Jeffrey Engel, Julia Gunn, Jill Schulmann, Michael A. Coletta, Robert T. Rolfs, and Farzad Mostashari

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medicine.medical_specialty, Disease surveillance, business.industry, Bioinformatics, Public health, Pandemic influenza, virus diseases, medicine.disease, Disease control, Microbiology, Current practice, medicine, General Materials Science, The Internet, Medical emergency, Psychology, business
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Through retrospectively analyzing billions of internet search queries, Ginsberg et al. identified a collection of specific searches that track the course of influenza-like illness (ILI) reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prospective monitoring during 2007-2008 found high correlation between Google estimates and CDC-reported ILI, with next-day timeliness compared to the 1-2 week delay reported in traditional CDC ILI surveillance. The assertion by Ginsberg et al., however, that internet search term estimates enable public health officials to respond better to seasonal and pandemic influenza does not take into account the current practice of public health, or the state of the art in electronic disease surveillance.

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2009
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