Title: Ebola Facts
Headings: Ebola Facts
Ebola Facts
What is Ebola?
Symptoms
Is Ebola contagious?
Where does Ebola come from?
Treatment
Prevention
EBOLA HISTORY AND RISK TO THE U.S.
Ebola Outbreaks
Is Ebola a threat to the United States?
What happens if a person with Ebola comes to the United States?
How can we decrease the risk that a person with Ebola comes to the United States?
What are authorities trying to do to contain the outbreak?

Content: The current outbreak has eluded control for more than a year due to an ongoing public health and humanitarian crisis that includes armed conflict, political instability, internal displaced persons, mass migration and an over-burdened and resource-limited public health infrastructure. 11 Concerned that the outbreak is threatening other countries, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern -- a PHEIC -- a decision supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 12,13 The goal is to raise awareness and promote better local and international cooperation to coordinate responses to prevent further spread. The CDC and USAID are working with authorities to provide technical assistance and expertise including disease tracking, case investigation, contact tracing, case management, infection prevention and vaccination campaigns while the National Institutes of Health is supporting the randomized controlled trial of four investigational treatments. 14 These activities are supported by emergency Congressional funding which expired in September. It is urgent that Congress provide additional funding to help countries stop health threats at their source before international spread. We live in a globalized world and modern transportation means infectious diseases can spread anywhere. The CDC estimates it takes only 36 hours for a pathogen to spread from a remote village to any major city in the world. The United States’ help and expertise in addressing and containing this and other outbreaks is vital to enhancing health systems capacities worldwide, and to protecting public health at home. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/about.html
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