Hello,

Latest update:
"Tests on suspected cases of deadly Ebola virus in Guinea's capital Conakry
are negative."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26717490

Regards,
 Johan


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Severin Menard <severin.men...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Ah, I forgot to say that I heard Bing imagery is scarce over Guinea (eg
> over Conakry), but I did not check.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Severin Menard 
> <severin.men...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> MSF is working on this crisis:
>> http://reliefweb.int/report/guinea/ebola-epidemic-declared-guinea-msf-launches-emergency-response
>>
>> Considering our growing partnerships with them, I would advice to contact
>> them to know how we could help them the best we can. The report does not
>> mention which MSF branch is in the field (FYI, it is the normal way MSF
>> communicates, there are separate entities but working on the same goals). I
>> know people from MSF Spain and MSF France through CAR Activation, I will
>> ask them.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Severin
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Russell Deffner <
>> russell.deff...@hotosm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Rod,
>>>
>>> If there is a way we can provide aid, then yes!  I am not familiar with
>>> either the area or the disease, so not much help there; but - typically
>>> we
>>> might assist the local mapping community (if there is one) with remotely
>>> tracing the area from available imagery.  If there isn't a local
>>> community,
>>> HOT can discuss and potentially provide a remote coordinator - to get HOT
>>> coordinators on the ground typically requires a partner organization to
>>> contact us (i...@hotopenstreetmap.org) for assistance.
>>>
>>> If you are from the area/concerned for personal interest, I would first
>>> ask
>>> if you know the quality of the map data in the area and if there is any
>>> OSM
>>> community there/how best to reach out; then we can work out specifics -
>>> really we just need to know our efforts are actually needed (i.e. people
>>> in
>>> need of aid will receive benefit from whatever we do).
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> =Russ
>>>
>>> Russell Deffner
>>> russell.deff...@hotosm.org
>>> The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rod Bera [mailto:r...@goarem.org]
>>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:43 AM
>>> To: hot@openstreetmap.org
>>> Subject: [HOT] Ebola in Conakry, Guinea
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there a way we can assist on this one?
>>> The virus has now reached Conakry. As far as I recall it's the first
>>> time the disease finds its way to such a populated area...
>>>
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/22/ebola-guinea_n_5014500.html
>>>
>>> Rod
>>>
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