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Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 9/12/2018. This 37-page report explores how Puerto Ricans are faring one year after Hurricane Maria struck the U.S. territory in 2017. This face-to-face survey of those living in Puerto Rico examines the impact the hurricane had on their lives, including their housing situation, financial status, and mental and physical health. It also covers issues of access to water and electricity, and Puerto Ricans’ views of the government’s response to the storm and its recovery. (PDF)
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Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/27/2018. This seven-page document is the report from a meeting of a group of independent scientific experts who were convened by the World Health Organization for the purpose of updating the May 2018 statement on Monitored Emergency Use of Unregistered Interventions (MEURI) for Ebola virus disease (EVD) during the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The purpose of the meeting was to consider whether the available information supported MEURI for access to investigational therapeutics on an individual patient basis for treatment of EVD during the current outbreak, outside of a clinical trial. (PDF)
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Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/2018. This one-page document provides interim recommendations about vaccination for Ebola virus disease in the context of the new outbreak of Ebola in the north eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A geographically targeted vaccination strategy can be considered in settings where it is not possible to identify the individuals making up the ring vaccination cohorts because of serious security, social, or epidemiological issues. (PDF)
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