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toubab1020
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 Posted - 02 Jul 2014 : 17:04:11
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The press obviously want to keep developments on Ebola in the public mind,hence this article, possible ? of course, night follows day for certain.
"One reason why the Ebola virus’s spread is possible in theory is that it can take up to 21 days for an infected person to show symptoms. That’s ample time for someone with Ebola to travel a long distance by plane and arrive in the United States or Europe"
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/could-ebola-spread-to-the-united-states |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
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Posted - 03 Jul 2014 : 07:40:32
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 African Health Ministers Discuss Ebola Disease In Accra
NEW AFRICA BUSINESS News Posted On 03 Jul 2014 Thursday
African Health Ministers on Wednesday converged in Accra to discuss possible ways of combating the spread of Ebola virus which is wreaking havoc in some West African countries.Speaking at the function World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Director, Africa, Dr Luis Samba said the meeting was to update and share experience of the affected countries, adopt strategy for control, quick response measures, and rope in leadership for effective management of the disease as well as funding for the fight against the dreadful disease.
He said the meeting was an emergency one as it has become critical for the WHO and its stakeholders to find lasting solution for the spread of the disease.
Ghana’s Health Minister Ms Sherry Ayittey said the meeting opened opportunity for her colleague ministers to brainstorm on how best the Ebola menace could be eradicated. She said it was high time as government officials used their positions to coordinate and mobiles experts to fight the disease.
Ms Ayittey used the occasion to call on international donors to assist African countries with funds to fight the disease which had infected about 750 people, killing 455 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as at July 1, 2014.
Ebola virus was first reported in DR Congo in 1976 on the banks of Ebola River hence the name Ebola. The two-day meeting is being attending by 11 African countries. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 03 Jul 2014 : 14:22:51
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I think this is VERY VERY SERIOUS,
Nevertheless the participants could not resist asking for more money,instead of dealing with the matter at hand !
.."as well as funding for the fight against the dreadful disease."
"He said the meeting was an emergency one as it has become critical for the WHO and its stakeholders to find lasting solution for the spread of the disease."
[quote]Originally posted by kobo
African Health Ministers Discuss Ebola Disease In Accra
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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toubab1020
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Posted - 10 Jul 2014 : 12:36:39
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LATEST ON EBOLA
FROM THE POINT NEWSPAPER.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
President Yahya Jammeh has “donated” laboratory test kits, reagents, and materials, including personal protective equipment to the national health authorities.
A press release issued by the ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Banjul announced that the donation is “for the strengthening of disease surveillance and epidemic control of diseases of public heath importance in The Gambia”.
“This donation is especially important in the case of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease currently being experienced in the West African sub-region”, the release added.
“These items will go a long way in complementing the efforts of the Government of The Gambia in the preparedness and emergency response initiatives against Ebola Virus Disease and other disease outbreaks.
“Functioning surveillance systems are necessary and vital for the success of global health initiatives and as well as generate data that help public health officials understand existing and emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases.
“Without a proper understanding of the health problem (etiology, distribution, and mechanism of infection), it will be difficult to ameliorate the health issue”, the release continued.
The items donated “would go a long way in aiding the Ministry’s efforts on their epidemiology and disease control activities especially in recognition of the on-going Ebola Virus Epidemic disease in the some parts of the West African sub-region”, it further stated.
Meanwhile, according to the BBC, health officials in West Africa have reported 25 more deaths from Ebola since 3 July, taking the total number of deaths to 518.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 50 new cases of the deadly disease had also been reported. A WHO spokesman said health workers were struggling to contain the outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
Ghana’s health ministry has confirmed that tests on a US citizen showed he did not have the disease. The man had recently visited Sierra Leone and Guinea and was quarantined after showing signs of the virus.
‘Mixed picture’
In a statement on Tuesday, the WHO said the latest figures from health ministries in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea showed a total of 844 cases since the epidemic began in February.
Guinea’s ministry reported two deaths since 3 July but no new cases in the past week, the WHO said, calling the situation in the affected region of West Africa a “mixed picture”.
It said Sierra Leone had accounted for 34 of the new cases and 14 deaths, while Liberia reported 16 new cases and 9 deaths.
“These numbers indicate that active viral transmission continues in the community,” the statement said.
“If we don’t stop the transmission in the several hotspots in the three countries we will not be able to say that we control the outbreak”.
The BBC’s Tulip Mazumdar says experts believe the key to stopping the spread of the virus is making sure affected communities understand it better.
Last week, health ministers from 11 West African countries adopted a common strategy to fight the outbreak. At an emergency meeting in Ghana last Thursday, ministers promised better collaboration to fight what has become the world’s deadliest outbreak to date.
Under the new strategy, the WHO will open a sub-regional control centre in Guinea to co-ordinate technical support.
Source: Picture: A WHO statement said that Sierra Leone accounted for 14 deaths and 34 of the 50 new cases
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/jammeh-donates-materials-for-preparedness-against-ebola |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Jul 2014 : 20:17:27
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 ECOWAS holds summit, Ebola on agenda
Friday, July 11, 2014
The 45th ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of state and government started Thursday in Accra with the menace of Ebola virus disease prominently on the agenda.
Health ministers from 11 West African countries met in Accra last week, and adopted a common strategy and promised better collaboration to fight the Ebola virus outbreak, the world’s deadliest to date.
Other issues to be discussed include security; a recommendation for the introduction of biometric ID cards for all ECOWAS citizens; and, the abolition of residence permit requirements for all citizens within member states.
ECOWAS sources also said at this summit, ECOWAS leaders will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau, where a new president was sworn in last month g parliamentary and presidential elections.
Following the lifting of sanctions on Guinea Bissau by the African Union, there was need for ECOWAS member states and the international community to re-engage with the country and provide the support that is needed to strengthen its institutions.......SOURCE: The Point Full Report |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 12 Jul 2014 : 18:09:55
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Thanks for posting something KOBO,
From the content of yur psting let me highlight just one item:
"adopted a common strategy and promised better collaboration to fight the Ebola virus outbreak, "
"adopted a common strategy" very well done "Health ministers from 11 West African countries" just one small thing, that the report from the point missed......guess what ? to tell the world EXACTLY the content of this "adopted common strategy",maybe the Point did not miss this item,because the "Health ministers from 11 West African countries" didn't tell anyone else what they had decided,unless I missed some other report somewhere,did I Kobo ?
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Jul 2014 : 19:28:54
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Toubab 1020 Good observation 
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toubab1020
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Posted - 13 Jul 2014 : 23:02:28
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Not really,I have observed many problems in Africa that need URGENT attention by "officials" the answer is almost always talk talk talk,NEVER, make any decision or take any action, until its far TOO LATE to do anything.
Result in taking negative or NO action to solve serious problems is, DEATH HUNGER sickness,decimation of established communities,many people leaving their homeland to travel to other countries only to find they are housed in camps that they can just about survive,no hope left, sad.
I am very conscious that in my postings I often pick out negative things about Africa,sorry but truth hurts!!
quote]Originally posted by kobo
Toubab 1020 Good observation
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 14 Jul 2014 : 21:10:53
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Hopefully the word will now spread quickly,as realisation about the consequences of not doing enough to warn and educate the average Gambian has begun to dawn:
SNIPPET:
"The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s ongoing public prevention and awareness campaign and sensitisation on the deadly Ebola virus has reached Foni, with alkalolus and women councilors amongst others sensitised on the virus in the Foni Bondali District.
The sensitisation held at Bullenghat village focuses on harnessing the awareness of the local authorities on the virus and prevention.
The chief of the District, Bakary Dembo Badjie, commended the Gambia health authorities for the sensitisation. He said that during the discussions, it was confirmed that a direct contact with persons infected by Ebola is considered the principal mode of its transmission. He also urged the participants to play pivotal roles in disseminating the information to their communities."
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/ebola-sensitisation-campaign-reaches-foni |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 23 Jul 2014 : 21:27:31
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UPDATE
Sierra Leone chief Ebola doctor infected
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28439941 |
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Posted - 27 Jul 2014 : 22:09:06
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EBOLA ON THE MOVE
(CNN) -- A Liberian man who was hospitalized in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, with the Ebola virus has died, Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.
"The patient was subjected to thorough medical tests ... which confirmed he had the Ebola virus," Chukwu said Friday.
The case has raised fears that the virus could spread beyond the three countries at the center of what health officials say is the deadliest ever Ebola outbreak and into Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria. Lagos has more than 20 million residents.
As of July 20, some 1,093 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are thought to have been infected by Ebola since its symptoms were first observed four months ago, according to the World Health Organization. Testing confirmed the Ebola virus in 786 of those cases, of whom 442 died.
Of the 1,093 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, 660 people have died.
The man hospitalized in Lagos was a 40-year-old Liberian working for a West African organization in Monrovia, Liberia, according to the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
He arrived at Lagos airport on Sunday and was isolated in a local hospital after showing symptoms associated with the virus. He told officials that he had no direct contact with anyone with the virus nor attended the burial of anyone who died of Ebola.
The Lagos State Ministry of Health had said Thursday that "the patient's condition is stable and is in recovery" and that the results of testing for Ebola infection were still pending in his case. Infection control measures were in place in the hospital, officials said.
Doctor infected
Confirmation of the death in Lagos followed news that a doctor who has played a key role in fighting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone is infected with the disease, according to that country's Ministry of Health.
Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan is being treated by the French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres -- also known as Doctors Without Borders -- in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, agency spokesman Tim Shenk said.
Before falling ill, Khan had been overseeing Ebola treatment and isolation units at Kenema Government Hospital, about 185 miles east of the capital Freetown.
Ebola typically kills 90% of those infected, but the death rate in this outbreak has dropped to roughly 60% thanks to early treatment.
What is Ebola, and why does it kill?
Spread by bodily fluids
Officials believe that the Ebola outbreak has taken such a strong hold in West Africa due to the proximity of the jungle -- where the virus originated -- to Conakry, Guinea, which has a population of 2 million.
Because symptoms don't immediately appear, the virus can easily spread as people travel around the region. Once the virus takes hold, many die in an average of 10 days as the blood fails to clot and hemorrhaging occurs.
The disease isn't contagious until symptoms appear. Symptoms include fever, headache and fatigue. At that point, the Ebola virus is spread via bodily fluids.
Get the fast facts on Ebola
Health workers are at especially high risk, since they are in close contact with infected people and their bodily fluids. Adding to the danger, in the initial stages of infection doctors may mistake an Ebola infection for another, milder illness.
Journalist Aminu Abubakar in Nigeria contributed to this report.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/26/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-west-africa/index.html |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 27 Jul 2014 : 22:31:40
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REALLY STUPID !!!
Freetown: Sierra Leone officials appealed for help on Friday to trace the first known resident in the capital with Ebola whose family forcibly removed her from a Freetown hospital after testing positive for the deadly disease.
Radio stations in Freetown, a city of about 1 million, broadcast the appeal to locate the woman who tested positive for the disease that has killed more than 660 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since an outbreak was first identified in February. Nigeria also reported its first case on Friday.
"She is a positive case and her being out there is a risk to all." the announcement said. "We need the public to help us locate her."
Saudatu Koroma, 32, a resident of the densely populated Wellington neighbourhood, had been admitted to an isolation ward while blood samples were tested for the virus, Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis said. The results came back on Thursday.
"The family of the patient stormed the hospital and forcefully removed her and took her away," Mr Tunis said. "We are searching for her."
Fighting one of the world's deadliest diseases is straining the region's weak health systems, while a lack of information and suspicion of medical staff has led many to shun treatment.
Residents of Kenema in eastern Sierra Leone threw stones at a hospital and a police station, spurred by a rumour that health workers were using Ebola as a ruse to kill people and collect body parts, a police official said.
The rumour was spread by a mentally ill former nurse, now in custody, who went to the city's main market and told people Ebola was a hoax, Assistant Inspector General Karrow Kamara said. Police had to use tear gas to stop the crowd from destroying the Kenema Government Hospital, he said.
"Many people are saying there is no Ebola, and some others have been calling for the relocation of the Ebola treatment unit outside the premises of the Kenema hospital," Inspector Kamara said.
According to health ministry data, dozens of people confirmed to have Ebola are now unaccounted for in Sierra Leone, where the majority of cases have been recorded in the country's east.
While international medical organisations have deployed experts to the field in an attempt to contain the outbreak, the World Health Organisation said poor health infrastructure and a lack of manpower were hindering their efforts.
"We're seeing many of these facilities simply don't have enough people to provide the constant level of care needed," WHO spokesman Paul Garwood said in Geneva on Friday.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola, which causes diarrhoea, vomiting and internal and external bleeding. It can kill up to 90 per cent of those infected, although the mortality rate of the current outbreak is about 60 per cent.
The West African outbreak is the first time that Ebola, which was first discovered in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, has appeared in heavily populated urban areas and international travel hubs. Cases have already been confirmed in Conakry and Monrovia, the capital cities of Guinea and Liberia.
In Nigeria, a Liberian man who died in Lagos on Friday had tested positive for Ebola, Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.
Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for the Liberian finance ministry, in his 40s, collapsed on Sunday after flying into Lagos, a city of 21 million people, and was put in isolation in a local hospital. Nigeria confirmed earlier on Friday that he had died in quarantine.
"His blood sample was taken to the advance laboratory at the Lagos university teaching hospital, which confirmed the diagnosis of the Ebola virus disease in the patient," Chukwu told a press conference on Friday. "This result was corroborated by other laboratories outside Nigeria."
Mr Garwood said the UN health agency was still waiting for confirmation.
If confirmed, the man would be the first case on record of Ebola in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and with 170 million people, its most populous country.
The victim's sister had died of the virus three weeks previously, and the degree of contact between the two was being investigated by Liberian health ministry officials, a Nigerian official said.
Nigeria has some of the continent's least adequate healthcare infrastructure, despite access to billions of dollars of oil money as Africa's biggest producer of crude.
Reuters, Bloomberg
http://www.theage.com.au/world/ebola-victim-on-the-run-in-sierra-leone-capital-20140726-zx4gp.html
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Guinea deaths: Ebola blamed for deadly fever
