the 2014 outbreak of ebola: understanding disease and disaster risk and risk reduction
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EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAKS:
UNDERSTANDING RISK AND RISK
REDUCTION USING NATURAL
HAZARD PARADIGMS
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APPLYING WHAT WE KNOW INNOVATIVELY
AND STRATEGICALLY TO ACHIEVE
SOCIETAL SUSTAINABILITY
A FRAMEWORK FOR LIVING WITH THE
INSTABILITIES CAUSED BY DEADLY
DISEASE OUTBREAKS SUCH AS EBOLA AND
PANDEMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES,
AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone
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THE VISION IS SUSTAINABLE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD
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EDUCATION AND ACTIVE LEARNING
UNDER-
STAND
IDENT-
IFY
HEAR
PERSON-
ALIZEACT
PERIOD OF
INTEGRATION
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITYPERIOD OF
IMPLEMENTATION
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Belgian Doctors in Zaire, 1976
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Dr Peter Piot’s notes describing the
characteristics of Ebola in 1976
have been invaluable in the response
to subsequent outbreaks
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EDUCATION
GOAL:
SOCIETAL
SUSTANABILITY
ACADEMIA
FUNCTIONAL
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
INFORMATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELSORGANIZATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
INNOVATION
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
Stratec Consulting
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YOUR
COMMUNITYDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK REDUCTION
•PREVENTION-MITIGATION
•PREPAREDNESS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY
•ADAPTATION
POLICY OPTIONS
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EVERY COMMUNITY IS AT RISK
AND HAS AN URGENT NEED
FOR PUBLIC POLICIES AND
STRATEGIC PLANS TO
MONITOR, PREVENT, MITIGATE,
AND PREPARE FOR THE
INEVITABLE
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ALL PUBLIC POLICIES SHOULD BE
BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO KEEP IT
FROM HAPPENING AND CAUSING A
DISASTER OR CATASTROPHIC
DISEASE OUTBREAK
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DISEASE OUTBREAKS LIKE
NATURAL DISASTERS IMPACT ALL
ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY
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INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
SOCIETAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOAL: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDA
(CA) OF TECHNICAL
AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
TECHNICAL
SOLUTIONS POLITICAL
SOLUTIONSCA
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OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WATER-BORNE
DISEASES
AIR-BORNE
DISEASES
PEOPLE-BORNE
DISEASES
VIRUSES,
BACTERIA,
TOXINS
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SURPRISE!
THE EBOLA VIRUS IS ONE OF THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT THE
WORLD IS NOW URGENTLY
CONCERNED ABOUT (AGAIN)
AT PRESENT, NO KNOWN
CURE EXISTS
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ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OFTHE
EBOLA-ZAIRE VIRUS
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SYMPTOMS
ELEMENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC RISK
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY LOCATION
RISK
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AFRICA: NATURAL HAZARDS,
PLAGUES AND POLITICS
POLITICAL
INSTABILITY
FLOODS
DROUGHTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
THREATS TO AIR,
WATER, AND SOIL
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
POOR HEALTH
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The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone and
Liberia, with a suspected cluster in
densely populated Nigeria.
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THE SPREAD OF EBOLA
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HISTORY OF EBOLA
OUTBREAKS 1976-2014
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Zaire Outbreak, 1976
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The current Ebola outbreak
is the largest and longest ever
recorded for the disease, which
has a death rate of about 50
percent and has so far killed at
least 961 people, according to
the World Health Organization.
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Scientists say the disease can
only be spread through direct
contact with bodily fluids.
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VULNERABILITIES
The virus is spread by contact
with a stricken person’s fluids:
blood, sweat, tears, and
diarrhea.
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FIGHTING EBOLA
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THE PRINCIPLES WE
EMPLOY IN FIGHTING
NATURAL HAZARDS CAN
ALSO BE APPLIED TO
OUTBREAKS AND
EPIDEMICS
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STRATEGIES TO HALT THE SPREAD OF EBOLA
ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION
MONITOR (REAL-TIME
KNOWEDGE OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN
SPACE AND TIME)
PREVENTION
(CONTROL THE
SOURCE)
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House to house disease surveys or monitoring
is essential for detection of the earliest cases in
and to answer to effective prevention measures
before a disease outbreak gets out of control
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THERE IS A COMMON AGENDA FOR SOCIETAL
SUSTAINABILITY WHETHER PREPARING FOR
EPIDEMICS OR EARTHQUAKES
MITIGATION
(REDUCE
SOCIETAL
IMPACTS)
PREPAREDNESS
(BE READY FOR
THE INEVITABLE
AND THE UN-
THINKABLE)
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THE SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO A DEADLY EPIDEMIC
AND A CATASTROPHIC NATURAL DISASTER BOTH
DEPEND ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, EDUCATION,
AND AWARENESS OF THE THREAT
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THE PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ARE THE SAME
FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AS THEY ARE
FOR EPIDEMICS OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE