Ebola Outbreak - 2014

CDC has staff on the ground in West Africa and more working on the response from CDC’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Atlanta.
CDC teams are deployed 24/7 from the CDC EOC, activated at Level 1, its highest level, because of the significance of this outbreak.

The Road to Zero CDC’S Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic
"Get 2 Zero" Digital Press Kit
2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Outbreak Distribution Map
Infographic: Is it Flu or Ebola?
Infographic: How Ebola is Spread: Is It Airborne?
Ebola: U.S. Hospital readiness as of December 2014
Travelers arriving in the United States from countries that have an Ebola outbreak will receive a Check and Report Ebola (CARE) Kit.
Infographic: Top 10 Things You REALLY Need to Know about Ebola
Infographic: What is contact tracing? Contact tracing can stop the Ebola outbreak in its tracks
CDC Emergency Response Activation Levels
CDC developed an introductory training course for U.S. healthcare workers deploying to work in an Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) in West Africa. Photo credit: Nahid Bhadelia
CDC’s Safety Training Course for healthcare workers going to West Africa was designed to simulate working conditions in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs). Photo credit: Nahid Bhadelia
CDC’s Safety Training Course is to ensure that clinicians intending to provide medical care to patients with Ebola in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in West Africa have sufficient knowledge to work safely and efficiently. Photo credit: Nahid Bhadelia
CDC’s Safety Training Course for healthcare workers going to West Africa is the first step in preparing clinicians to work independently in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs). Photo credit: Nahid Bhadelia
Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealing some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. Photo credit: Frederick A. Murphy
Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts numerous filamentous Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically-infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green).
CDC’s Dr. Jordan Tappero, prepares to don goggles before entering the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU), ELWA 3 in Monrovia, Liberia.
CDC employees examine pre-deployment maps as part of the Ebola response.
Health promotion is a key part of preventing infection in healthcare settings and in the community.
New Ebola isolation center being constructed in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
CDC Director Dr. Frieden is checked for fever on a thermal scanner at Conakry, Guinea airport.
Guinea Red Cross volunteers travel door-to-door sharing information about Ebola. Each Red Cross team has members who can speak 4 different languages.
Infographic: Global Health Security: Stopping the Ebola Outbreak
Infographic: West Africa Ebola Outbreak

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CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286
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Tom Frieden, MD, MPH

Biography

Tom Frieden, MD, MPH - Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"We've made great progress, but we can't let down our guard. There will continue to be cases and clusters of Ebola, but an epidemic of the kind we've had never has to happen again."

Tom Frieden, MD, MPH - Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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B-roll video - CDC Safety Training Course for healthcare workers going to West Africa
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CDC Disease Detectives: Kelsey
Ebola and Contact Tracing
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