[HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea

[Rod Bera]

Hi Johan,

good news!

But what action should we have taken in case the test turned to be positive?

Rod

On 24/03/14 13:57, Johan Emilsson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Latest update:
> "Tests on suspected cases of deadly Ebola virus in Guinea's capital 
> Conakry are negative."
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26717490
>
> Regards,
>  Johan
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Severin Menard 
> <severin.menard at gmail.com <mailto:severin.menard at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ah, I forgot to say that I heard Bing imagery is scarce over
>     Guinea (eg over Conakry), but I did not check.
>
>
>     On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Severin Menard
>     <severin.menard at gmail.com <mailto:severin.menard at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         MSF is working on this crisis:
>         http://reliefweb.int/report/guinea/ebola-epidemic-declared-guinea-msf-launches-emergency-response
>
>         Considering our growing partnerships with them, I would advice
>         to contact them to know how we could help them the best we
>         can. The report does not mention which MSF branch is in the
>         field (FYI, it is the normal way MSF communicates, there are
>         separate entities but working on the same goals). I know
>         people from MSF Spain and MSF France through CAR Activation, I
>         will ask them.
>
>         Sincerely,
>
>         Severin
>
>
>         On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Russell Deffner
>         <russell.deffner at hotosm.org
>         <mailto:russell.deffner at hotosm.org>> wrote:
>
>             Rod,
>
>             If there is a way we can provide aid, then yes!  I am not
>             familiar with
>             either the area or the disease, so not much help there;
>             but - typically we
>             might assist the local mapping community (if there is one)
>             with remotely
>             tracing the area from available imagery.  If there isn't a
>             local community,
>             HOT can discuss and potentially provide a remote
>             coordinator - to get HOT
>             coordinators on the ground typically requires a partner
>             organization to
>             contact us (info at hotopenstreetmap.org
>             <mailto:info at hotopenstreetmap.org>) for assistance.
>
>             If you are from the area/concerned for personal interest,
>             I would first ask
>             if you know the quality of the map data in the area and if
>             there is any OSM
>             community there/how best to reach out; then we can work
>             out specifics -
>             really we just need to know our efforts are actually
>             needed (i.e. people in
>             need of aid will receive benefit from whatever we do).
>
>             Thank you,
>             =Russ
>
>             Russell Deffner
>             Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org <mailto:Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org>
>             The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>             http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
>
>
>
>             -----Original Message-----
>             From: Rod Bera [mailto:rod at goarem.org <mailto:rod at goarem.org>]
>             Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:43 AM
>             To: hot at openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot at openstreetmap.org>
>             Subject: [HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea
>
>             Hi all,
>
>             Is there a way we can assist on this one?
>             The virus has now reached Conakry. As far as I recall it's
>             the first
>             time the disease finds its way to such a populated area...
>
>             http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/ebola-guinea_n_5014500.html
>
>             Rod
>
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