[Ebola alert: results and challenges in public health. A view from Catalonia (Spain)].

[Ebola alert: results and challenges in public health. A view from Catalonia (Spain)]. Gac Sanit. 2016 Oct 11;: Authors: Jané M, Vidal MJ, Maresma M, Martínez A, Carmona G, Rodés A, Torner N, Álvarez J, Sala MR, Barrabeig I, por el Grupo de trabajo de la Red de Vigilancia Epidemiológica en Cataluña Abstract The Ebola outbreak in Guinea Conakry was notified to the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2014. It is the most complex Ebola outbreak to date, affecting Guinea Conakry as well as the surrounding countries and with a risk of the disease spreading outside Africa. For this reason, the World Health Organization declared this Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency in August 2014. The Public Health Agency of Catalonia, through the Spanish Alert and Emergencies Coordination Network, initiated public health actions in March 2014, developing a single protocol of action to be applied by all the health care providers in the whole Catalan territory, advice for travellers and voluntary workers arriving from affected countries and a weekly newsletter addressed to health professionals. At the same time, the Ebola Analysis and Monitoring Committee and the Ebola Scientific and Advisory Committee were established. More than 9600 professional health workers attended training sessions and informative sessions. From August 2014, the Catalan Epidemiological Surveillance Emergency Service (SUVEC) reported 117 suspected Ebo...
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