Ebola Virus Disease: Democratic Republic of Congo; External Situation Report 2; Date of Issue: May 16, 2017

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. 05/16/2017 This six-page situation report provides an update about an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele province, in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo as of May 16, 2017. The affected areas are remote and hard-to-reach with limited communication and transport networks. The report provides information about a current risk assessment, actions to date, coordination of the response, surveillance, and laboratory confirmation. It provides a map of geographical distribution of cases in the current Ebola outbreak in the country as of May 16, 2017. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news