Situation Awareness. Liberia reports 2 new Ebola cases. 25 March 2015

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Liberia reports 2 new Ebola cases

25 March 2015 16:38 (Last updated 25 March 2015 16:43)

The new cases have deflated hopes that Liberia might soon be declared Ebola-free

By Evelyn T. Kpadeh

MONROVIA

Liberian authorities on Wednesday reported two new Ebola infections, bringing the total number of new infections in the West African country to three and putting its goal of being declared Ebola-free further out of reach.

Sompson Sieh, the country's deputy Ebola incident manager, said one of the two cases involved an 18-year-old girl who was taking care of her 44-year-old mother who recently tested positive for the virus.

The mother used to sell food at a local community school before being taken to hospital on Friday after showing signs of the virus and later testing positive.  

Liberian health workers are currently monitoring more than 80 people from the infected woman's community.

The second new case, Sieh said, was that of a young man whose girlfriend is said to be involved in cross-border trade from the New Kru Town community.

"We are still questioning the young man and trying to convince him to tell us who he has come into contact with," Sieh told the Anadolu Agency.

"He lives in the New Kru Town area, but was seen in the Clara Town area vomiting blood – that was how he was collected and taken to the Ebola treatment unit," the official said.

The new cases have deflated hopes that Liberia might soon be declared Ebola-free.

The country had another 13 days to achieve Ebola-free status before the latest infections were reported.

Liberia discharged its last known Ebola survivor, Beatrice Yardolo, on March 5.

The country's first Ebola case was reported on March 24 of last year in Lofa County.

Since then, Ebola – a contagious disease for which there is no known treatment or cure – has killed nearly 10,194 people, mostly in West Africa, according to a March 11 status report issued by the World Health Organization.

In Liberia alone, the virus has claimed at least 4,264 lives.

FREE Training Opportunity. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training. September 2015.

FYI…. EVEN FOR DIASPORA MEMBERS

Highly recommend both training courses for community level nonprofits, faith-based organizations to attend.  CERT training at the county, city, neighborhood level is the key to establishing resiliency and sustainability in our community.  Each level has different requirements and needs, and FUNDING opportunities available.

Having two to four members from your community to attend the program manager and train-the-trainer courses will ensure that your neighborhood program is off to a good start. 

CERT team concepts are being practiced in the Caribbean and promoted by emergency managements agency\offices of members of the CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency).

Plan now to attend.  One family, one neighborhood and community at a time.  Only we can resolve our issues, in our communities.

BEMA.

2015 Training Dates

Course Name: E0427 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Manager September 17-18, 2015 This course prepares participants to establish and sustain an active local CERT program. Course Name: E0428 Community   Emergency Response Team (CERT) Train-the-Trainer September 9-11, 2015 This course prepares participants to deliver FEMA’s CERT Basic Training course.

Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) Membership.

http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-academic-advisory-council-hsaac

Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC)

About the HSAAC

The Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary and senior leadership on matters related to homeland security and the academic community, including: student and recent graduate recruitment; international students; academic research and faculty exchanges; campus resilience; homeland security academic programs; and cybersecurity.

 HSAAC Members

Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) Members:

Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Chairman

• Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Chancellor, University of Missouri
• Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, President, Northeastern University
• Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
• Ms. Carrie L. Billy, President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
• Ms. Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education (ACE)
• Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, President & CEO, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
• Dr. David M. Dooley, President, University of Rhode Island
• Dr. Royce C. Engstrom, President, University of Montana
• Dr. Antonio R. Flores, President & CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
• Dr. Peter J. Fos, President, The University of New Orleans
• Dr. Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges
• Dr. Patrick T. Harker, President, University of Delaware
• Ms. Marlene M. Johnson, Executive Director & CEO, Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
• Dr. Eric W. Kaler, President, University of Minnesota
• Hon. Ruby G. Moy, President & CEO, Asian American & Pacific Islander Association of Colleges and Universities (APIACU)
• Dr. Mohammad H. Qayoumi, President, San José State University
• Rear Admiral Sandra Stosz, Superintendent, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Mr. David Adams (Ex-Officio), Senior Policy Advisor for Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice
• Mr. David Esquith (Ex-Officio), Director, Office of Safe and Healthy Students, U.S. Department of Education
• Mr. Edward Ramotowski (Ex-Officio), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, U.S. Department of State

DHS. June 2015. National Infrastructure Quarterly Business Meeting.

http://www.dhs.gov/national-infrastructure-advisory-council

Meeting Information

The next NIAC Quarterly Business Meeting (QBM) will be held:

Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT
The Auditorium (First Floor)
2451 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA  22202

National Infrastructure Advisory Council

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) shall provide the President through the Secretary of Homeland Security with advice on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems. The council is composed of a maximum of 30 members, appointed by the President from private industry, academia, and state and local government

CERT CON 2015. June 20-21, 2015. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.

The Final Countdown to CERTCON 2015 Begins!

It’s hard to believe that June is just around the corner and that CERTCON 2015
 is only weeks away.  While the time has flown by, our team has been hard at
work to bring you a conference rooted in the concept of going
“Beyond Expectations.” 

You can expect to see a focus on foundational CERT […]

Register at:     http://certcon.org/registration/  

How Mark McEwen Came to be our Keynote Speaker

If you’ve recently visited the CERTCON 2015 website, read our Facebook, or
seen our latest Tweets, then you know that the keynote speaker for
CERTCON 2015 this June 20 and 21 will be the former CBS Early Show
weatherman and stroke survivor Mark McEwen.

Registration Opens!

Starting on March 1, 2015, all CERT-trained individuals, team members
and anyone else wanting to learn more about emergency management or
preparedness will be able to register for CERT conference, which will be
hosted by Montgomery County, MD CERT. The conference will be held in
Rockville, MD at the Universities at Shady Grove. The conference […]

Learn more

About CERTCON 2015

The Montgomery County (Maryland) Community Emergency Response Team 

(CERT) is sponsoring a two-day conference to provide advanced education 

and hands-on disaster preparedness training to CERT teams in the mid-Atlantic 

region and to provide an understanding of CERT capabilities to emergency 

management personnel, Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 2015.

WHEN:	Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21
WHERE:	Universities at Shady Grove Rockville, Maryland 20850
HOSTED BY:	Montgomery CERT Montgomery County, MD

Workshop. Hazard Mitigation Grants. Next location Atlanta, Georgia

     Are hazard mitigation grants available in your state, county, and community?

     Better to plan to reduce the effects of the hazards in your community (mitigation),            before they occur.  Plan for the resiliency and sustainability of your community. 

     BEMA

Hazard Mitigation Grant Workshop Scheduled

05/11/2015 08:34 AM EDT

ATLANTA—The Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will hold one workshop on June 10, 2015 to explain a hazard mitigation program that funds projects that reduce or eliminate damage from future disasters.

A portion of the federal funding made available for disaster response and recovery from the February winter storm is allocated for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). 

The program provides grants to state and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation projects.

Support and promote water usage and purification in your community.

WATER.  One of the most essential compounds needed for all life.

Support and promote water conservation, and purification in your community, and support others throughout the world in the importance of water.

Remember only 1-percent of the water in the world is available for human consumption.

BEMA


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This photograph depicts a young Ghanaian woman holding a pipe filter that she wears draped on a cord about her neck. Pipe filters are individual filtration devices, similar to a straw, which allow people to filter their water to avoid contracting Guinea worm disease (GWD) while traveling or working in the field. Persons become infected by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) harboring the infective stage larvae of Dracunculus medinensis. Once inside the body, the stomach acid digests the water flea, but not the larvae, which find their way to the small intestine, where they penetrate the wall of the intestine and pass into the body cavity. 

During the next 10 - 14 months, the Guinea worms mature to a full size adult 60 - 100cm (2 - 3ft) long, and as wide as a cooked spaghetti noodle. Adult worms mate inside the abdomen. After which, the male dies and the female worm migrates to the site where she will emerge, usually from lower limbs.

Provide communities with safe sources of drinking water (such as from borehole or hand-dug wells), or have existing dysfunctional ones repaired. Because Guinea worm disease (GWD) can only be transmitted through drinking contaminated water, educating people to follow these simple control measures can completely prevent illness and eliminate transmission of the disease:

- Prevent persons with an open Guinea worm ulcer from entering ponds and wells used for drinking water.

- Always filter drinking water, using a household cloth filter or pipe filter, to remove the water fleas which harbor the infective Guinea worm larvae.

- Treat unsafe sources of drinking water with an approved larvicide, such as ABATE®, that kills water fleas.

- Provide communities with safe sources of drinking water (such as from borehole or hand-dug wells), or have existing dysfunctional ones repaired.