In light of the decline in new Ebola cases, strategies are now needed to scale down the activities and bed capacities in Ebola care facilities. These facilities include Ebola treatment units, community care centres, Ebola treatment centres and isolation centres. The Governments of Guinea, Liberia an...d Sierra Leone; WHO; CDC; ICAN and UNICEF have jointly developed this rapid guidance and checklist to assist national governments and partners as they begin this process. This rapid guidance pertains to protecting the safety and repurposing of infrastructures and resources previously used for the Ebola outbreak to care for Ebola patients.
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In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States adopted the revised International
Health Regulations (IHR) (2005). The Regulations provide a unique public health framework in the
form of obligations and recommendations that enable countries to better p...revent, prepare for and
respond to public health events and emergencies of potential international concern, including chemical events.
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Situation analysis
Description of the disaster
An Ebola epidemic that started in March 2014 in Guinea has relentlessly continued to claim lives and to spread to other countries in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first to affect multiple countries simu...ltaneously. There have been over 24 000 reported confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of EVD in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (table 1), with almost 10 000 reported deaths (outcomes for many cases are unknown). A total of 58 new confirmed cases were reported in Guinea, 0 in Liberia, and 58 in Sierra Leone in the 7 days to 8 March (4 days to 5 March for Liberia). Many experts believe that the official numbers substantially understate the size of the outbreak because of families' widespread reluctance to report cases. Because of the fluidity of movement of people between West Africa and several countries in the East African countries, especially Kenya and Ethiopia (who in turn have extensive interaction with other countries in the region in terms of human movement), the risk of an outbreak of Ebola in East Africa is as eminent as in any of the countries bordering the affected countries. The IFRC regional office intends to support National Societies to raise their Ebola preparedness and response capacity through training, technical support in planning and implementation of Ebola related activities, and coordination both within and outside the movement.
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I SURVIVED EBOLA:THANKS TO ASEOWA
Alimatou Camara Speaks of her battle with Ebola and of the Care she received at the ASEOWA run Ebola Treatment Unit in Guinea
Guinean Alimatou Camara, a seventeen year old housewife in a polygamous union, lost her mother in-law, her only daughter and her stepdau...ghter to Ebola. She got infected too, but survived, thanks to the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA).
By Lilas Belepe,
Communication Officer, ASEOWA Guinee
A resident of Forécariah, a town situated one hundred kilometres away from Conakry, the capital of Guinea, she narrates the ordeal that befell her and her family, her battle with Ebola and the time she spent recovering at the African Union run Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU), in Coyah.
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Специальный доклад- Уполномоченного по правам человека в Томской области
К Уполномоченному по правам человека в Томской области жители региона обращаются по сам...м разным вопросам, но чаще всего содействие правозащитника бывает нужно при решении трудовых и жилищных проблем, также беспокойство у людей вызывают качество и доступность медицинской помощи, недостаточная безопасность среды обитания, трудности с получением бесплатной юридической помощи. О своих проблемах омбудсмену пишут пенсионеры, одинокие матери, лица из числа детей-сирот, люди с ограниченными возможностями здоровья. Регулярно корреспонденция поступает от отбывающих наказание в виде лишения свободы. В общей массе обращений писем от граждан, страдающих психическими расстройствами, немного. Но они есть, и информация о нарушенных правах таких лиц неоднократно находила свое подтверждение.
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Специальный доклад Уполномоченного по правам человека в Калужской области «О соблюдении прав и свобод граждан в учреждениях, оказывающих психиатрическую помощь ...а территории Калужской области» рассматривает актуальные вопросы соблюдения прав проживающих в медицинских организациях, оказывающих психиатрическую помощь, и в государственных стационарных учреждениях (отделениях) социального обслуживания психоневрологического профиля. Исследуется опыт региона, анализируются причины системных нарушений, а также формулируются рекомендации по решению проблемных вопросов, как на федеральном, так и на региональном уровнях.
Разработанные карты наблюдений учреждений и анкеты, предназначенные для руководителей учреждений, приведенные в приложениях к докладу, могут быть использованы специалистами и заинтересованными лицами при проведении аналогичных мониторингов.
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