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morningfog

(18,115 posts)
Tue Oct 28, 2014, 08:41 AM Oct 2014

I asked before-- number of current Ebola cases in each country?

I asked before and got some helpful links, but not quite what I was looking for, which may not exist.

How many current cases of Ebola, even an estimate, are there in each country?

I'm not trying to minimize the seriousness or the scale by any means, but seek a better understanding.

There have been around 10,000 cases this year, with about 5,000 deaths. Of the remaining 5,000, many survived. How many? How many people are sick and being treated (or not able to be treated)? Is it 1,000? Is it 250? Does anyone have a source with some indication?

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I asked before-- number of current Ebola cases in each country? (Original Post) morningfog Oct 2014 OP
WHO situation reports are good source of data... SidDithers Oct 2014 #1
Page 3 of that PDF is what I was looking for. morningfog Oct 2014 #3
International surveillance is conducted by WHO hlthe2b Oct 2014 #2
Thank you. morningfog Oct 2014 #4

hlthe2b

(102,413 posts)
2. International surveillance is conducted by WHO
Tue Oct 28, 2014, 08:46 AM
Oct 2014

Not sure why you would think DUers have better information that the World Health Organization, but here is the link. There are obvious shortcomings in getting good data from overwhelmed 3rd world countries, but WHO is the very best available.

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/

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