Key Points – Ebola Virus Disease, West Africa: Updated August 27, 2014 [8/27/2014]

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  8/27/2014
  
  Key message document accompanying HAN 368: Ebola response update #4.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with other U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization, and other domestic and international partners in an international response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This document summarizes key messages about the outbreak and the response. It will be updated as new information becomes available and distributed regularly. Please share the document with others as appropriate.
  
  Prepared by the Joint Information Center, Emergency Operations Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Notice of Possible Alert Expiration: The CDC Health Alert, Advisory, Update, and Info Service announcements, distributed by the Health Alert Network (HAN), were active on the date they were originally published. Publication dates have been added to Titles for clarity. A CDC Health Alert, Advisory, Update, and Info Service announcement may expire at any time. They may also be updated or superseded according to later developments. None of the CDC Health Alert, Advisory, Update, or Info Service announcements in the Stacks HAN Collection should be assumed to be current or active. Stacks preserves HAN announcements in order to maintain a record of past CDC actions. Stacks in not designed for up-to-the-minute notifications. For the list of current CDC Health Alert, Advisory, Update, or Info Service announcements, patrons should visit the Health Alert Network (HAN) webpage at https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/about/index.html. For up to the minute reports, subscribe to the HAN email alert system hosted by CDC News & Updates at https://tools.cdc.gov/campaignproxyservice/subscriptions.aspx?topic_id=USCDC_486
  
  Categories of Health Alert Network (HAN) messages:
  
  Health Alert: Requires immediate action or attention, highest level of importance.
  
  Health Advisory: May not require immediate action; provides important information for a specific incident or situation.
  
  Health Update: Unlikely to require immediate action; provides updated information regarding an incident or situation.
  
  HAN Info Service: Does not require immediate action; provides general public health information.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Ebolavirus Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 368, Key points
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  Key Points
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Western
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  15 numbered pages
• Issue:
  00368
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5302d7864815fea227255bface7fca280d47566f2a7310d5cd6535d224380c5b5fbd860ce4c0870156cbad24635faa637e8786bb2178d0e1554e22cb18baee0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24818/cdc_24818_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 435.93 KB ]