version 2What a heartbreaking disappointment this is for the people of Liberia, with a reported new case of EVD in a 44-year old woman who showed signs of disease 15th March and tested positive for Ebola virus on Friday 20th in Monrovia, Liberia.[2,7,8] after more then 3-weeks (28 days or more[6]) with zero new cases and no ongoing, known, transmission of Ebola virus in any...
Catching Ebola: mistakes, messages and madness [amended]
Written by Dr. Ian M. Mackay and Dr. Katherine E. ArdenDespite obvious community and media fear, speculation and exclamation that Ebola virus would enter and spread widely within countries outside the hotzone, such an event did not come to pass in 2014. The early public health messaging on Ebola virus...
Supporting Community Health Promoters in San Lucas Tolim�n, Guatemala
Week 1San Lucas Tolim�n is a town on the side of Lake Atitl�n with a population approximating 30,000-35,000 people. Over the past 15 years (after the signing of the Guatemalan peace accords of 1996), there has been decreasing violence and a slow increase in trust of government systems, which have helped...
