An exhibition on the fight to stem the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reach a wider audience through the Internet, thanks to a local university collaboration. Georgia State and Emory University students across various disciplines worked together to translate the “EBOLA: People + Public […]
Dobbins Reinforces Atlanta’s Capability to Treat Communicable Diseases
Atlanta’s role as a center for the treatment of infectious diseases such as Ebola was enhanced this week with the unveiling of two biocontainment units to be housed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The flight-ready Containerized Biocontainment Systems are designed to transport people infected with highly contagious diseases and can be quickly rolled on and […]
CDC Foundation Head Focused on Ebola While Preparing to Retire
With his retirement on the horizon six months away, Charles Stokes, the CDC Foundation’s president and CEO from its inception in 1995, is focusing his attention on supporting a global response to the continued threats of the Ebola virus. During an interview in his office downtown with Global Atlanta, Mr. Stokes quickly dismissed any sense […]
Atlanta CDC and the African Union to Launch an African CDC
The Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to cooperate with the African Union Commission in the creation of a CDC in Africa, according to a memorandum signed Monday. The U.S. CDC announced the cooperative agreement in an April 13 news release following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Washington […]
Kennesaw State’s Ebola Relief Concert to Feature Acclaimed Sierra Leone Band
Sierra Leone‘s Refugee All-Stars, which is composed of musicians who have received accolades from Paul McCartney, Keith Richards and Ice Cube among many others, are to perform at Kennesaw State University on March 21 in a fundraiser to continue the efforts of Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) to contain the outbreak of the Ebola […]
Expert: Ebola Fight Hinges on Community Engagement
The key to turning the tide in the fight against Ebola in West Africa hasn’t been merely deploying more health workers or aid money; it has been community cooperation, a top medical official coordinating the American response said in Atlanta. “The way to protect America from Ebola is to control the outbreak in West Africa,” said Barbara Marston, an infectious diseases […]
U.S.: West Africans Fleeing Ebola Can Stay 18 Months
Citizens and former residents of the three West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak on Nov. 21 will be eligible to stay in the U.S. for up to a year and a half. Those fleeing the virus in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have been extended “temporary protected status” by U.S. Citizenship and […]
Georgia’s Tighter Ebola Screening Measures Call for Some Immediate Quarantines
Under new measures put in place by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to combat Ebola, African travelers passing through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport could find themselves quickly whisked away to a local hospital if they show signs of illness upon arrival. And health workers who have had direct contact with someone infected by the virus will be automatically isolated, with or without displaying symptoms. […]
Atlanta Among Five Airports Chosen for Enhanced Ebola Screening
This weekend the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to step up Ebola screening for passengers entering the U.S. from West Africa at five airports including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Selected airports also include New York-JFK, Washington-Dulles, Newark and Chicago-O’Hare. Combined, they receive 94 percent of the travelers arriving in the U.S. from the West African countries […]
GSU Public Health School Allied With Map to Stop Ebola
Officials from Map International, the Brunswick-based global humanitarian aid nonprofit, which has health workers in West Africa trying to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, outlined during an information session at Georgia State University Sept. 24 the enormous difficulties in containing the virus. The officials pointed to extreme confusion in the minds of residents […]
