Repeated outbreaks of emerging pathogens underscore the need for preparedness plans to prevent, detect, and respond. As countries develop and improve National Action Plans for Health Security, addressing subnational variation in preparedness is increasingly important. Read more on Travel time to health facilities in areas of outbreak potential: maps for guiding local preparedness and response…

The ongoing Ebola virus disease epidemic (August 2018─October 2019) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been exacerbated by deliberate attacks on healthcare workers despite vaccination efforts. Using a mathematical/statistical modelling framework, we present the quantified effective reproduction number (R _t) at national and regional levels as at 29 September.

Read more on Spatial variability in the reproduction number of Ebola virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January-September 2019…

La enfermedad por el virus del Ébola (EVD) presenta una amenaza para la salud pública en toda África ecuatorial. A pesar de los numerosos eventos de ‘derrame’ en humanos y simios, los depósitos de mantenimiento y el mecanismo de derrame no se conocen bien. Read more on Predecir el riesgo de enfermedad por el virus del Ébola y el papel del nacimiento de murciélagos africanos….

Recent occurrences of filoviruses and the arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV) in overlapping endemic areas of Africa highlight the need for a prophylactic vaccine that would confer protection against all of these viruses that cause lethal hemorrhagic fever (HF). Read more on Quadrivalent VesiculoVax vaccine protects nonhuman primates from viral-induced hemorrhagic fever and death…