Ebola outbreak highlights global disparities in health-care resources

Date:

August 14, 2014

Source:

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Summary:

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in West Africa this year poses a serious, ongoing threat to that region: the spread to capital cities and Nigeria -- Africa's most populous nation -- presents new challenges for healthcare professionals. The situation has garnered significant attention and fear around the world, but proven public health measures and sharpened clinical vigilance will contain the epidemic and thwart a global spread.

PHOTO: Captain Uhuru ‘Flying’ Himself To the Hague

One thing that has endeared Uhuru Kenyatta to Kenyans who at first were skeptical of his leadership credentials is his charisma and cool nature.

Despite facing serious criminal charges at the Hague, the ‘president’ was at his usual best showing his easy going nature.

On his trip to the Netherlands on a Kenya Airways flight, he made his way to the cockpit and assumed the pilot’s role. Posing for a photo in the pilot’s hat and once again proving why he is a cool president and a clown at that.

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Many in U.S. lack knowledge about Ebola, its transmission, poll finds

Date:

August 22, 2014

Source:

Harvard School of Public Health

Summary:

Although the Centers for Disease and Prevention reports no known cases of Ebola transmission in the U.S., a poll shows that four in 10 adults in the U.S. are concerned that there will be a large outbreak in the country, and one-quarter are concerned that they or someone in their immediate family may get sick with Ebola over the next year.

Fast, simple diagnostic test specific to 2014 Ebola outbreak

Air Algerie confirms triple order for A330s

Air Algerie has ordered three Airbus A330-200s according to the latest numbers released by the European manufacturer.

The agreement helped take Airbus’s gross order total to 1,077 aircraft by the end of the third quarter, with a net of 791.
Of the airframer’s long-haul lines, only the A330 increased its order count in September.
Airbus delivered 443 aircraft in the first three-quarters of the year, two fewer than it managed by the same point last year. Boeing has delivered 528 aircraft in the same period .
Meanwhile Egyptian carrier Nile Air is believed to have cancelled most of the Airbus A321s it ordered six years ago.
The airline ordered the aircraft in December 2008, about a year after it disclosed the selection at the Dubai air show.

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Airbus delivers 18th HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft to U.S. Coast Guard

Defense and Space, Inc. has delivered the 18th HC-144A Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Ocean Sentry is based on the Airbus CN235 tactical airlifter with more than 235 currently in operation by 29 countries.

The latest HC-144A will join a fleet of Ocean Sentries operating from Coast Guard Air Stations in Cape Cod, Mass.; Mobile, Ala.; Miami and most recently Corpus Christi, Texas. This month Air Station Corpus Christi turned over the maritime patrol mission to the HC-144 after the retirement of the last HU-25 Guardian aircraft.

“Airbus Defense and Space is dedicated to supporting the U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-144A fleet and will provide technical engineering services and spare parts for decades to come,” said Mike Cosentino president of Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. “The ease of maintenance and low operating costs have allowed the Coast Guard to achieve exceptional operational effectiveness and reliability with the HC-144A.”

The Coast Guard competitively selected and acquired the HC-144A. The aircraft is effective and efficient in a broad range of demanding maritime patrol missions, including search and rescue, homeland security and disaster response.

The Department of Homeland Security recognized the Coast Guard’s HC-144A program as its 2013 DHS Project of the Year. Airbus Defense and Space has worked to deliver to the Coast Guard this capability consistently on or ahead of schedule and on cost. The HC-144A achieved initial operational capability with the Coast Guard in 2008.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Ocean Sentry fleet recently completed its first 50,000 hours of flight. The demonstrated maintainability of the HC-144A aircraft allows the Coast Guard to fly more hours per airframe in a year with the Ocean Sentry than any other aircraft in its fleet.

Source and image: Airbus