[HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea

[Chris Daley]

Odd, MSF today confirmed 6 cases...

http://www.msf.org.au/media-room/press-releases/press-release/article/ebola-epidemic-declared-in-guinea-medecins-sans-frontieres-launches-emergency-response.html

MSF sections currently in Guinea are OCB (Belgium) and OCG (Switzerland), I
would imagine they would be the ones responding.
Cheers
Chris



2014-03-25 0:07 GMT+07:00 Rod Bera <rod at goarem.org>:

>  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>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
>> > 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> 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) 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
>>>> The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>>> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Rod Bera [mailto:rod at goarem.org]
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:43 AM
>>>> To: 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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