What you need to know about Ebola Virus: 1. It is a Central African disease that has traveled over countries in a living host to West Africa. It is easily spread by physical contact and eating contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5 species of Bats but monkeys and apes are easily infected and killed. 2. It kills in a week, leaving no time to treat an individual3. It has no known vaccine or cure4. Known cases have been experienced recently in Guniea, Liberia and Central Africa Rep, spreading eastwards and westwards towards Nigeria. Death toll so far in West Africa is over 100. 5. The Ebola outbreak of 2014 is the most challenging one witnessed in AfricaWhat we can do?1. Avoid eating any bush meat for now! Especially Apes and Bats2. Wash your hands as regularly as possible, especially after shaking a stranger. It is spread by contact. 3.wash your hands frequently. 4. get a hand sanitizer for people to use in your office and homes. And let them know why.5. get one for your kids to use in school frequently,and if possible,one for their class,let them know why. 6. be careful with hand railings,doors and other utilities used by the public. 7. avoid improperly cooked meat and meat of which you are not sure of its source. The most straightforward prevention method during Ebola outbreaks is not touching patients, their excretions, and body fluids, or possibly contaminated materials and utensils. Patients should be isolated, and medical staff should be trained and apply strict barrier nursing techniques (disposable face mask, gloves, goggles, and a gown at all times). Traditional burial rituals, especially those requiring embalming of bodies, should be discouraged or modified. Awareness is key, dont just read or ignore...spread this campaign before the virus spreads! Lastly,watch out for people with flu like symptoms such as fever, myalgia and malaise. Pls note that Ebola fever has no cure! So be safe and spread the information not the virus.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:31:40 +0000
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