Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in West Africa

MGH Emergency Preparedness and the Office of Global Disaster Response in the Center for Global Health are closely monitoring the ongoing and worsening Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

• Ebola 2014: Management and Response Plan for Deployments
• Guideline Statement regarding Employee Travel
• International Disaster Preparedness at Mass General

The Center for Global Health has been working diligently with the Office of Risk Management and other officials at Partners Healthcare and Harvard University to provide appropriate guidance regarding travel abroad and repatriation of staff. Mass General Emergency Preparedness works across Mass General, including the Emergency Department, Infection Control, Infectious Disease, Pathology and Laboratory Services, the other hospitals of Partners Healthcare, and with health officials in Massachusetts to ensure the preparedness of Mass General, and to anticipate concerns and ensure preparedness. This page will be updated regularly as additional information becomes available. (Last updated: 16 September 2014)

Additional Resources

• Mass General Ebola Update
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Emergency Operations Center: Ebola Outbreak
• WHO Ebola Situation Reports
• WHO Ebola Virus Disease page
• Interaction's Ebola Crisis Response page
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Clinical Advisory
• Mass General Infection Control Unit (internal access only)
• Ebola Virus and Public Health Special Report - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Sign Me Up: Rules of the Road for Humanitarian
  Volunteers During the Ebola Outbreak - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Mass General Emergency Preparedness
• Mass General Office of Global Disaster Response
• White House Fact Sheet