jueves, 12 de septiembre de 2019

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response

09/05/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 9/5/2019. This one-hour, 29-minute lecture, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Science “We Were There” series, details how disease detectives discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and how the understanding of it has grown with subsequent outbreaks over the past 40 years. Samples of the unidentified disease in that outbreak yielded alarming images of a filovirus resembling Marburg, but serology testing at the CDC showed a new virus, later named Ebola. (Video or Multimedia)
09/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 9/2019. This 21-page strategy outlines Public Health England's work to combat infectious diseases, and sets out the strategic priorities for the five-year period 2020 to 2025. Topics include being a world leader in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), strengthening global health activities to protect health in the United Kingdom and globally, and addressing globalization and climate change, which have the potential to increase the probability of the introduction of global infections like pandemic influenza, together with the speed and reach of further spread. (PDF)
08/20/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region (NNLM MAR). Published: 8/20/2019. This one-hour, six-minute presentation will help participants to understand what addiction and opioids are, and where they can find authoritative information to understand this complex epidemic. It details how to locate both national and local statistics on opioid use; identify authoritative information on opioid overuse, prevention, and treatment; and create outreach programs using the resources discussed in the webinar. (Video or Multimedia)

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