MINISTRY OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---September 8, 2014 DISCHARGED CASES • Total Survived and Released Patients = 271 NEW CASES • New Confirmed cases = 11, as follows: Kailahun = 0 Kenema = 6 Kono = 0 Bombali = 0 Kambia = 0 Koinadugu = 0 Port Loko = 0 Tonkolili = 0 Bo = 1 Bonthe = 0 Moyamba = 0 Pujehun = 2 Western Area Urban = 2, Western Area Rural = 0 CUMULATIVE CASES • Cumulative confirmed deaths = 428 • Cumulative confirmed cases = 1,287, as follows: Kailahun = 504 Kenema = 384 Kono =12 Bombali =67 Kambia =1 Koinadugu =0, Port Loko =98, Tonkolili = 21 Bo = 65 Bonthe = 1 Moyamba = 13 Pujehun = 10 Western Urban = 71 Western Rural = 40 * Probable cases = 37 • Probable deaths = 37 • Suspected cases = 100 • Suspected deaths = 11 IMPORTANT NOTE! Koinadugu still remains the only district that has not registered confirmed cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone IMPORTANT NOTE The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has engaged the media houses in Sierra Leone to clarify three day “House to House” sensitization of families in the entire country through the social mobilization pillar. The campaign, according to the EOC Operations Coordinator, Mr. Steve Gaojia will comprise trained teams of health workers, community volunteers and NGO/CBO/CSO partners that will move from house to house to disseminate information on Ebola Virus Disease and enlist family/community support and participation to the response. The campaign will kick off on the 18th September with a Presidential speech to the nation providing an overview of the Ebola situation and government response and to officially declare ‘sit at home’ days from the 19th to 21st of September, 2014 for family reflection, prayers and education while families will be visited by campaign teams. The campaign has the following five objectives: • To reach 100% of households with correct information on Ebola • To increase community acceptance of Ebola affected persons especially children • To promote hand washing with soap at household level, for which one million five hundred thousand bars of soap will be distributed to households • To rebuild public confidence and trust in the health system • To install neighborhood watch structures at community level Teams of three persons will visit households and engage families through a six step approach of Inspire (‘apologize’), Listen; Acknowledge; Empathize; Inform; and call to action at household level.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:15:07 +0000