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Today is the 7th consecutive day that #Ebola response operations have been paralyzed in Beni & Oicha, #DRC where there are active chains of transmission. Teams were unable to vaccinate anyone in those areas yesterday, only 1/4 of people at risk were checked by health teams.
We have moved some staff from Beni, 🇨🇩 who are able to work remotely, but the majority of staff remain.

When teams are unable to safely access communities affected by #Ebola, they arrange contact follow-up by phone and remotely guide local #healthworkers.
The #Ebola response continues in other locations.

800+ WHO staff are currently in #DRC working on the outbreak.

Since August 2018, @MinSanteRDC & partners conducted over 5 million contact follow ups, vaccinated over 255 000 people & set up over 30 treatment or transit centres.
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WHO Director-General, @DrTedros, today visited #healthworkers affected by recent armed attacks on #Ebola response staff that killed four outbreak responders and injured seven others in the eastern #DRC. 👉bit.ly/37Rv8tD
.@DrTedros called for improved security in the region to protect #HealthWorkers trying to contain #Ebola 👉bit.ly/37Rv8tD
“There can be no more callous act than to target health professionals working to heal the sick & care for those in need. Every time an attack happens, it disrupts efforts to contain the #Ebola outbreak & puts the health & wellbeing of local 👨,👩&🧒 at greater risk”-@DrTedros
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#اليوم_العالمي_للإيدز
من مجموع 37.9 مليون شخص مصاب بفيروس العوز المناعي البشري في نهاية عام 2018:
🔹خضع 79% منهم للاختبار
🔹تلقى 62% منهم العلاج
🔹تمكّن 53% منهم من التخلص من الفيروس دون أن يشكلوا أي خطر على الآخرين.
@UNNewsArabic @UNarabic يمكن تشخيص فيروس العوز المناعي البشري عن طريق اختبارات التشخيص السريعة التي تظهر نتائجها في اليوم نفسه. وييسر ذلك التشخيص والربط بالعلاج والرعاية بدرجة كبيرة.
#اليوم_العالمي_للإيدز
@UNNewsArabic @UNarabic لا يوجد علاج لعدوى فيروس العوز المناعي البشري. ومع ذلك، فإن الأدوية الفعّالة المضادة للفيروسات القهقرية يمكنها السيطرة على الفيروس والمساعدة على منع انتقاله إلى أشخاص آخرين.
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It's #WorldAIDSDay.
There were approximately 37.9 million people living with #HIV at the end of 2018.
🔹79% had been diagnosed
🔹62% were receiving treatment
🔹53% had achieved suppression of the HIV virus to the point at which they were at low risk of infecting others.
@WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO #DYK: HIV can now be diagnosed through rapid tests that can provide same-day results.
But no single test can provide a full #HIV diagnosis: a confirmatory test is required, conducted by a qualified and validated health worker at a community centre or clinic.
@WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO There is no cure for #HIV infection.
However, effective antiretroviral drugs can control the virus and help prevent onward transmission to other people.
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Helen Branswell
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1. #Ebola thread: DRC's daily update is out. It has details about the South Kivu cases. Here's the timeline as described now. I imagine this could change.
The woman & her two children (5yo, 7mo) were staying with friends in Beni. Someone in that household was diagnosed July 25.
2. The woman from South Kivu was listed as a high risk contact. I believe she was vaccinated, though probably after her exposure. In cases like this, the#Ebola response asks people to stay put so they can be monitored & so the virus doesn't spread geographically.
3. On. Aug. 4 this woman started to experience #Ebola symptoms.
On Aug. 6 she & her kids set off to go home to Mwenga, in South Kivu. The response started looking for her. She was found & was being returned to Beni, but she escaped. Her long journey home involved a boat+bus.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Today the @WHO Emergency Committee recommended that I declare the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice. Now it's time for the international community to show solidarity with the people of DRC, not to isolate them.
I emphasize that @WHO does not recommend any restrictions on travel or trade, which rather than stopping #Ebola, can actually hamper the fight. We call on all countries, companies and individuals to support #DRC by respecting those recommendations.
A public health emergency of international concern is not for fundraising, it’s for preventing the spread of disease. @WHO is not aware of any donor that has withheld funding because the emergency had not been declared. But if that was the excuse, it can no longer be used.
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Laurie Garrett
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 Burundi, a single-party state with fragmented opposition, revised its Constitution in 2018 allowing only 2% of the population access to the new text. B will hold natl elections in 2020, & tension/repression is high. Armed grps have invaded from #DRC killing villagers.
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 Burundi is protected by China & Russia: "Two permanent members of the security council have explicitly asked the UNSC to withdraw Burundi from the agenda of the security council because the situation in the country is not a threat to peace and international security."
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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A series of attacks disrupted #Ebola response activities in #DRC this week. Most operations have resumed, but unfortunately we expect that the disruptions and backlog in lab testing will result in a rise in the number of cases reported in the coming days.
When we cannot reach people, they do not get the chance to be vaccinated or to receive treatments if they fall ill. The tragedy is that we have the technical means to stop #Ebola, but until all parties halt attacks on the response, it will be very difficult to end this outbreak.
I am profoundly worried. The increased transmission rates raise the risk of #Ebola spreading in #DRC and to surrounding countries. A major surge in political & financial support from all national & international actors is urgently needed to help stop this outbreak.
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Helen Branswell
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Some extraordinary numbers from the #Ebola response. Since January, there have been:
— 119 separate attacks on Ebola response workers or operations.
— 42 direct attacks on health facilities.
— 85 health personnel injured or killed.
(Source: @DrMikeRyan, @WHO)
2. These numbers were released during a @WHO press conference in Geneva today. Lots of interesting info shared. Such as:
The #Ebola response team is currently tracking about 12,000 case contacts a day. That's a huge piece of work.
3. @WHO's @DrMikeRyan said the #Ebola vaccination effort is gearing up in North Kivu. The plan is to be administering 1000 doses a day — substantially more than they've been able to administer for most of March and April. Plans are in the works to add a 2nd vaccine.
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Jeremy Farrar
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Personal reflections on visit to Beni, Butembo, Komanda in North Kivu #DRC #Ebola with @DrTedros & team @WHO 28 December 2018 - 4th January 2019 - huge thank you to everyone who made the trip possible - inspiring, humbling and insightful
Incredible dedication & commitment all teams-hugely impressive & humbling very difficult & at times frightening environment – dedicated, committed teams from #DRC, @MinSanteRDC, across Africa, Ukraine, Bangladesh from @WHO, @WFP, @MSF @AlimaOng @MONUSCO, @UN, @SamaritansPurse
Commitment of all teams to patients,families,communities & to do whatever it takes to bring epidemic to an end with approach that is trusted & locally led is remarkable teams that are often away from their families in really tough conditions-the world owes them all a huge amount
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