The PDPC collects the necessary data to ensure that society is better prepared for major crises, such as a pandemic and flood- and climate-related threats.
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Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Our pathogensportal is taking shape. Many years of work, many projects, many bottlenecks pathogensportal.nl
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Post doc position in the group working on arboviruses @ErasmusMC werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vac…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
"We raken de feiten kwijt, we raken de eerlijk gedeelde twijfel kwijt, we raken elkaar kwijt."
Zó eens met deze column over het gif van (corona)desinformatie. Ik schenk 'm u: 👇
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Het zal jullie mss verbazen maar ik ben positief over de Corona enquête en hoop op lerend vermogen. Deze parlementaire enquête is wat mij betreft een kickstart voor pandemische paraatheid die beleidsmakers dwingt om kennis te nemen van de effecten van ziekten en maatregelen.
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
One plan, one team, one budget, one implementation budget. African leaders and CDC agree on an Ebola action plan . Great to see @AfricaCDC @WHO @WHOAFRO @EC_HERA @DURABLE_EU africacdc.org/news-item/heal…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
"The day before WHO learned of the hantavirus outbreak, negotiators of the pandemic treaty failed to agree on how to equitably share critical pathogen samples, vaccines, and medicines between richer and poorer countries during future outbreak" time.com/article/2026/05/22/…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Another hantavirus case within quarantine. Shows importance of maintaining this throughout the incubation period
Spaanse Hondius-opvarende in quarantaine positief getest op hantavirus ift.tt/VZP03qb
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Dankzij het standby diagnostiek team @ErasmusMC nos.nl/artikel/2615598-patie…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Goed stuk👇🏻, heel erg mee eens @V_MatthiesBoon
Mijn opiniestuk in De Gelderlander vandaag, over #Ebola, #Hanta en de absolute noodzaak van een andere blik.
#LongCovid, #PAIS
gelderlander.nl/opinie/wie-k…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Great work from our colleagues in Dakar reuters.com/business/healthc…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
We need to get ahead of this Ebola outbreak.
The humanitarian community is fully mobilized – but the challenges are immense.
Speed, funding, access and community trust will determine whether we contain this.
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Ebola in DRC is far from under control. 741 suspected cases. Each of these need to be tested and interviewed to find who they were in contact with. One key metric for outbreak control is which % of contacts has been reached. That currently is around 25% who.int/emergencies/alert-an…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Who in action
A fast-spreading #Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has health workers rushing to stop transmission while the roll out of any potential vaccine is months away, @WHO warns.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/05…
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Impressive! Genome sequence of the virus causing the outbreak in DRC/Uganda shared. That will allow checking which types of assays can be used
pathoplexus.org/ebola-bdbv/s…?
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Many people do not want to hear about preparedness. The interactions on this site are downright toxic. But for the few people that are here to just get some info: here is another example. Do you have to worry? Not really. Ebola is a problem in that specific region
Ebola Virus Disease outbreak confirmed in Ituri Province, DRC
Africa CDC is closely monitoring the situation and convening an urgent high-level coordination meeting today with the DRC, Uganda, South Sudan and global partners to reinforce cross-border surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response efforts.
Following consultations with DRC’s Ministry of Health and National Public Health Institute, preliminary laboratory results from L’Institut National de Recherche Biomédical - INRB Kinshasa detected Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested.
About 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation.
🔗 Read full statement: ow.ly/g2Z450Z02vj
#EbolaOutbreak #HealthSecurity #DRC
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
A classic: colleagues on DRC mentioned that the ebola outbreak was not detected by the genexpert. As this is a bundibugyovirus, that indeed is the case. It shows how important is is to have local detection capacity
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
After having consulted the #DRC and #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR.
My full statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?
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Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
Among the red flags: healthcare workers as syspected cases, a sick person travelling internationally by bus, a cases in two big cities
Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) retweeted
The Ebola outbreak in DRC has some serious red flag warnings. See below. And very problematic: the most commonly used test platform in the region cannot pick up this strain. That is a big handicap.
1. #WHO has declared the #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in NE DRC a public health emergency of international concern, aka a PHEIC. Yet another sign this is likely to be a very challenging outbreak.
So far there've been 8 confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases & 80 suspected deaths.