What's on internet for family physicians – Ebola Viral Disease (EVD)

Alfred KY Tang 鄧權恩

Centre of Health Prevention, Hong Kong
http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/view_content/34199.html

Our CHP is closely monitoring the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa, and recognises it developing into a global threat on public health. This webpage is set up for information and education of the public on the Ebola Virus Disease. The Preparedness and Response Plan for Ebola Virus Disease 2014 was introduced, and the Alert Response Level is activated. Factsheet on EVD, press releases of the epidemic, Frequently-Asked-Questions, her correspondences to doctors, and e-Resources of Ebola Virus Disease on internet can be found at http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/her_list/463/24/34397.html.
An updated list of affected countries/areas is also available at http://chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/evd_affected_area.pdf
and the reporting criteria of EVD is available at https://ceno.chp.gov.hk/casedef/casedef.pdf.

Center for Disease Control (CDC), United States of America
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/

Apart from publishing the latest CDC Outbreak Information on their website,
(http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/index.html),
a lot of other background information on Ebola virus are available at their website. There is a comprehensive Questions and Answers section on Ebola (http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/qa.html),
which illustrates what most people would need to know about Ebola. Information for healthcare workers is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/index.html
and EVD information for clinicians in healthcare settings can be found at
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/clinician-information-us-healthcare-settings.html.
There is also a Ebola factsheet published at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/pdfs/ebolafactsheet.pdf.

World Health Organisation (WHO)
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/

The most up-to-date information on the Ebola outbreak can be found in the WHO website. There are reliable updates of epidemiology and surveillance data from West Africa, reporting confirmed, probable and suspected cases and deaths.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/disease/ebola/en.
The column Disease Outbreak News lists all breaking news about the EVD and is available at
http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemica-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news.html.
A pocket guide downloadable for the frontline health worker on clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever is available at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/130883/2/WHO_HSE_PED_AIP_14.05.pdf.
Information on case definition recommendations for Ebola Virus Diseases can be found at
http://who.int/csr/resources/publications/ebola/ebola-case-definition-contact-en.pdf?ua=1.

European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/ebola_marburg_fevers/Pages/index.aspx

The ECDC website has good coverage on the Ebola Virus Disease, hosting a lot of useful information including its news and epidemiological updates, publications on EBV, and surveillance articles. Information for health professionals can be found at http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/ebola_marburg_fevers/factsheet-for-health-professionals/Pages/factsheet_health_professionals.aspx
while factsheets for the general public can be found at
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/ebola_marburg_fevers/factsheet_general_public/Pages/factsheet-general-public.aspx.
Information to travellers with reference to the Ebola outbreak is available at
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/ebola_marburg_fevers/information-travellers/Pages/information-travellers.aspx .

United Kingdom Department of Health
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ebola-government-response

The United Kingdom government is closely monitoring the spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The content of th e webpage on Ebola Virus Disease is updated regularly. Public Health England has also published a general information factsheet available at http://nathnac.org/pro/misc/PHE_EBOLA_FACT.pdf .

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
http://www.nejm.org/page/ebola-outbreak

Ebola outbreak is one of the highlighted topics in the website of the NEJM. It consists of a collection of articles and other resources on the Ebola outbreak. clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary articles are hosted for users to view the outbreak at different prospectives. The healthmap of the Ebola outbreak at the website tracks publicly reported confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola throughout the world. The map is automatically updated to show current data on the outbreak.

Ebola Outbreak 2014: Information Resources, National Library of Medicine
http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/ebola_2014.html

This page connects to many links related to information resources of Ebola virus. It runs a vast list of weblinks to other useful sites related to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. The links are categorised into governmental and non-governmental organisations, biomedical journal literature and reports, social media, maps, health resources for the public, and many others.