scholarly journals The European Network for Diagnostics of Imported Viral Diseases (ENIVD) – 12 years of strengthening the laboratory diagnostic capacity in Europe

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Niedrig ◽  
O Donoso-Mantke ◽  
R Schädler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Population ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Emerging Infections ◽  
European Network ◽  
West Nile Fever ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Diagnostic Capacity ◽  
And Migration

Changes in lifestyle, travel, and migration, as well as other factors such as climate change and terrorism have increased the vulnerability of the human population to imported, rare, and emerging infections. Numerous virus outbreaks have occurred in recent years, such as Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Democratic Republic of Congo (1995, 2001-2003), Uganda (2000) and Gabon (2001-2003), West Nile fever in the United States since 1999, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China in 2002, Chikungunya in the Indian Ocean and India since 2004/2005, and, most recently, avian influenza.

scholarly journals Warning: Ebola arrived in Columbus land

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 401
Author(s):  
Felipe Coiffman
Keyword(s):  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
The United States ◽  
West African ◽  
Fruit Bat ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

A few years ago, only some students of geography knew that Ebola was the name of a small river in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1976, in the village of Yambuku, a man died of a rare hemorrhagic fever which alerted the scientific world. Rumor has it that this man bought a fruit bat and later cooked and ate it, along with his family; some days later, all of them died. The cause of these deaths was a virus that was later called the Ebola virus (1). After this event, the epidemic spread throughout the town and then to other places. Today, about 4 000 people worldwide have been killed by the virus, including one case in the United States, two in Spain and one in Brazil. Only 1 in 10 infected patients survive and poor calculations estimate 20 000 people infected, especially in the West African republics.

Interview with William Lacy Swing

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (875) ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Director General ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Western Sahara ◽  
States Department ◽  
Department Of State

William Lacy Swing is the Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He has held the office of Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo (2003–2008) and Western Sahara (2001–2003), and headed the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. This followed a long career in the United States Department of State, during which he served as ambassador six times.

Global Emergency Legal Responses to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak: Public Health and the Law

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Leila Barraza ◽  
Gregory Measer ◽  
Asha Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Legal Responses ◽  
Current Outbreak

From their relative obscurity over the past three decades, varied strains of Ebola disease have emerged as a substantial global biothreat. The current outbreak of Ebola, beginning in March 2014 in Guinea, is projected to infect tens of thousands of people before being brought under control. Some estimate the outbreak could exceed 100,000 cases and extend another 12-18 months. Ebola’s spread has the potential to extend across the globe, but is concentrated in several African countries (e.g., Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria, and Senegal). Collectively, these countries are home to nearly 290 million people. Among Liberia’s population of 4.1 million, over 1,100 people have already died from Ebola in less than 6 months; by comparison, if this same outbreak and death rate occurred in the United States, over 88,000 Americans would perish.

scholarly journals Distribution, abundance and conservation status of Grauer's gorilla

Oryx ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefferson S. Hall ◽  
Kristin Saltonstall ◽  
Bila-Lsia Inogwabini ◽  
Ilambu Omari
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Wildlife Use ◽  
Abundance Estimates

This report updates the distribution and provides abundance estimates for Grauer's gorilla Gorilla gorilla graueri across its 90,000-sq-km range. The authors divide the range of Grauer's gorilla into four regions within which they identify 11 populations and estimate a total of c. 16,900 individuals. Gorillas found in the Kahuzi-Biega lowland-Kasese region represent 86 per cent of the subspecies's total population. Further, approximately 67 per cent of known Grauer's gorillas inhabit Kahuzi-Biega, Maiko and Virunga National Parks. The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) has an extremely high human population growth rate indicating that deforestation and wildlife use trends will continue to increase. Thus, in spite of the encouraging results of surveys to identify populations and characterize abundance, no Grauer's gorilla population should be considered safe from extirpation.

scholarly journals Sob o signo da travessia:

Revista Prumo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 200-208
Author(s):  
Marcelo Rodrigues Esteves
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Raoul Peck

At becoming worldly known, in 2016, thanks to the success of his documentary I Am Not Your Negro, the Haitian Raoul Peck already possessed an extensive career as a filmmaker, with a first fiction film, Haitian Corner, released in 1987. The movie tells the story of na haitian poet, immigrant, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, tormented by the ghosts of torture suffered in Haiti in the Duvalier era. Himself marked by the sign of displacement – Peck lived in Haiti, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Germany, in the United States and France – the filmmaker starts with Haitian Corner a long list of characters displaced or on transit that would thematically shape many of your works. This article intends to revise the image of the refugee/immigrant in this inaugural piece by Peck, with enfasis on the approach of the director to subjects of memory and the trauma caused in the sphere of asylum.

scholarly journals An outbreak of West Nile fever among migrants in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

1999 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y A Nur ◽  
W Tuynman ◽  
C Copra ◽  
J Groen ◽  
H Heuvelmans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
West Nile Fever ◽  
West Nile ◽  
Republic Of Congo

Connecting in resettlement: An examination of social support among Congolese women in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110084
Author(s):  
Karin Wachter ◽  
Lauren E Gulbas ◽  
Susanna Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Shed Light

This article examines how refugees rebuild social support in resettlement from the perspectives of women who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo and ultimately resettled in the U.S. The qualitative study involved in-depth individual interviews in 2016 with 27 adult women who lived in a mid-size U.S. town. The findings shed light on strategies women engaged to rebuild social support in a resettlement context. Using an inductive analytical approach, researchers identified five inter-related themes: (1) reconfiguring family support; (2) engaging multiple sources for practical support; (3) accessing mentorship; (4) attending places of worship; and (5) sustaining a relationship with God. Additionally, the analysis revealed crosscutting types and sources of social support women sought and valued in resettlement. Types of social support included emotional, informational, mentorship, practical, relational, and spiritual. Sources of social support included family and loved ones spanning local, national, and transnational geographies, God, neighbors, places of worship, and the resettlement agency. These findings contribute to developing context-specific conceptualizations of social support, with implications for research and practice.

The Origin, Evolution, and Epidemiology of HIV-1 and HIV-2

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey T. Kirchner
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hiv Vaccine ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Southern Cameroon ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Viral Subtypes ◽  
Hiv 1

HIV-1 originated in the early 1920s in southern Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. From Africa, HIV rapidly spread in the late 1960s to the Caribbean and then the United States, Europe, and other areas of the world, leading to the global AIDS pandemic. Both HIV-1 and HIV-2 descended genetically from Simian immunodeficiency virus via cross-species transmission. HIV-1 group M was the first lineage discovered and represents the pandemic form of the virus. Group M consists of nine viral subtypes (A–K), has a widespread distribution, and accounts for approximately 95% of all HIV-1 infections. HIV-2 was not discovered until 1986 and makes up approximately 3% of cases worldwide. It is found mainly in West Africa. The genetic diversity of HIV does not appear to significantly affect viral response to antiretroviral therapy. However, viral diversity continues to present challenges for the development of an effective HIV vaccine.

Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo: Lessons Learned, or Ignored?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Charles Beadling ◽  
David Brett-Major ◽  
Melinda Hamer ◽  
Kelly Vest ◽  
Timothy Muyimbo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Republic Of Congo

ABSTRACT Infectious diseases became an increasing public health threat as humans transitioned from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to stable, agrarian communities. It is accurate to say the international community was not optimally prepared for the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, which eventually spread and caused secondary cases in the United States. From that experience, much was learned about the management of an EVD outbreak, from prevention and treatment, to the need for a “whole of society” response. However, it is clear from the evidence that much still needs to be done to improve preparedness for Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases in the region. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo both mirrors these challenges and demonstrates new ones reflected in violence, hampering efforts to prevent spread of EVD within and beyond the country. The journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP) is taking a forward-looking approach, establishing a task force of editors to quickly review and approve manuscripts relating to EVD for immediate electronic publication and open access. The intent is to make emerging information available to front-line responders and policy decision-makers as quickly as possible.

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