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Policy Brief, Ebola Outbreak Submission date: 14-Feb-2018 12:59PM (UTC-0800) Submission ID: 916088925 File name: CONTENT1518641970116.docx (21.31K) Word count: 1575 Character count: 9139 Policy Brief, Ebola Outbreak ORIGINALITY REPORT 34% 8% 22% 12% SIMILARITY INDEX INTERNET SOURCES PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PAPERS PRIMARY SOURCES Bogucki, Sandy, and Alexander Isakov. 18% 1 "Patients Under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease in the United States: Hospital Preparedness Planning and Alternate Care Facilities", Academic Emergency Medicine, 2015. Publication journals.tbzmed.ac.ir 4% 2 Internet Source www.cdc.gov 3% 3 Internet Source Submitted to University College London 2% 4 Student Paper Alexandre Delamou, Thérèse Delvaux, Alison 2% 5 Marie El Ayadi, Abdoul Habib Beavogui et al. "Public health impact of the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: seizing opportunities for the future", BMJ Global Health, 2017 Publication epsl.asu.edu 6 Internet Source 1% Submitted to Cypress Fairbanks Independent 1% 7 School District Student Paper 8 Submitted to University of Arizona Student Paper · Submitted to American Public University System Student Paper 1% 1% Exclude quotes On Exclude matches < 1% Exclude bibliography On .

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Marie El Ayadi, Abdoul Habib Beavogui et al.
"Public health impact of the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West
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Submitted to University of Arizona
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October 7, 2019 On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled this visionary program, and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly. There are many lessons learned in PEPFAR’s story - from what it took to build a supply chain where there was none, to establishing the use of generic antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) and leveraging human capacity. This event convened the early architects of PEPFAR as well as experts and implementers currently leading the charge. We took a historically informed look at what it will take to stop global transmission, and shared tools useful for others hoping to move the needle on vexing problems in global health. For more information, visit our website at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/15-years-of-pepfar

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This study examined the uptake of voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) services among students at Mount Kenya University in Kenya. The study found that only 18.4% of students had undergone VCT, despite 90% of HIV prevention programs targeting youth. Key reasons for low uptake included fear of positive results and stigma. The study surveyed 283 students and found that 76% had undergone VCT, with curiosity, seeking early treatment, and determining a partner's faithfulness as top reasons for uptake. Fear of positive results, stigma, and low risk perception were top reasons for non-uptake. The study concludes that VCT centers need to be more youth-friendly to improve uptake among university students.

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Janvier Gasana

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Determinants of HIV Status Disclosure among Adolescents in Bondo Sub-county o...

Associate Professor in VSB Coimbatore

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With regard to the November 2014 Ebola scare in the United States, do you think the public health and medical professionals involved in the Ebola cluster investigation followed proper protocols? If so, what best practices were used? If not, what could have been done differently? Remember to cite references where necessary. When responding to classmates, provide additional critiques on approaches used by public health and medical professionals during the U.S. Ebola cluster investigation. Response must be 300 words. 1st Discussion post for response: Communities depend on public health organizations to “come to their rescue” and prevent epidemics from becoming pandemics. It is important that proper protocols are followed to ensure the safety of the public and to maintain trust from the community. When public health officials “drop the ball” community members are less likely to be cooperative during a state of emergency which inhibit proper handling of cases. According to one study, there is a conspiracy among certain individuals who believe the government created AIDS to kill minorities, and another 10% did not trust their provider to give them appropriate medical care (Whetten, et al., 2006). With that said, there is a lack of trust within certain populations. Adding to this distrust, I don’t believe the Ebola scare was handled as well as it could have been, and I’m not convinced that proper protocol was followed by the medical professionals. The crisis management plan was not followed appropriately and there were many improvisations made which lead to deaths that could have been prevented. According to one article’s documentation of the timeline, the first patient, Mr. Duncan was initially sent home from the hospital with antibiotics because the diagnosis of Ebola was missed, he was then formally diagnosed with Ebola days later on September 30th; Within the first five days after diagnosis there were 15 people being monitored for symptoms, after the first five days there were reports of over 80 people were being monitored and by 10 days after Duncan’s diagnosis he was dead (Andrew, Arlikatti, Chatterjee, & Ismayilov, 2018). There were 76 medical personnel that came into contact with Duncan and it was reported that they wore so much protective equipment that they actually increased the risk of contamination, for this reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had determined that it was the Hospital’s fault for the spread and admits that they did not have enough capacity to contain the crisis despite their earlier claims (Andrew, Arlikatti, Chatterjee, & Ismayilov, 2018). The WHO declared a level 3 emergency, which is the highest level of emergency in an attempt to cease the spread of Ebola, there were reported “overwhelming demands” due to the outbreak that the WHO could not contain without assistance, they would need help of other organizations (decisive government action such as bans on travel and trade) to meet all of the .

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1) The study evaluated perceptions of freshman students at a Kenyan university regarding HIV/AIDS, sexual behaviors, and drug use. It found high HIV/AIDS knowledge but behaviors did not always reflect this. 2) Over half of participants had been sexually active and nearly half did not consistently use condoms. Alcohol consumption was associated with increased risky sexual behaviors like unprotected sex. 3) While knowledge of HIV transmission and prevention was high, testing rates remained low and risk perception seemed unrealistic. There is a need for interventions to change attitudes and increase safer practices.

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