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Lessons From Nigeria And Senegal
By Dennis Lynch @neato_itsdennis on October 16 2014 2:40 PM
Nigeria and Senegal stopped Ebola in its tracks. A female immigration officer uses an infrared digital laser thermometer to take the temperature of a female passenger at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, Aug. 11, 2014. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
As the Ebola virus has ravaged Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, neighboring West African nations have so far remained largely unaffected because of robust response and prevention tactics. Nigeria and Senegal, both with significantly weaker health care systems than the United States, have so far staved off the virus that's killed more than 4,500 people in their region in a mere three months.
The manner of transmission to Nigeria and Senegal mirrored the virus' travel to the United States: through one person, or the so-called “patient zero.” A Guinean university student brought Ebola to neighboring Senegal through unknown means, while Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian, arrived in Nigeria by air. After months of stringent monitoring and treatment regimens, both countries are poised to be declared Ebola-free by Monday.
The Nigerian response started off clumsily, with inadequate initial response and delayed support from health officials. But Nigerian authorities swiftly recovered. In what the World Health organization calls “a piece of world-class epidemiological detective work,” the government ended up tracking 100 percent of all potential Ebola contacts in Lagos, the largest city, where Sawyer landed, and 98 percent of contacts in Port Harcourt, where his nurse visited family.
Contact tracing is perhaps the most crucial action needed to fight an outbreak, particularly at the outset. "If you do [contract tracing] properly, you can shut down any outbreak,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told MSNBC.
There were 19 cases of the virus in Nigeria out of the 894 people Nigerian officials traced as potentially at risk. Eight of them died. Nigerian officials made an astounding 18,500 face-to-face visits, highlighting how cautious officials must be to ensure Ebola is contained.
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-stop-ebol...enegal-1706297
By Dennis Lynch @neato_itsdennis on October 16 2014 2:40 PM
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Nigeria and Senegal stopped Ebola in its tracks. A female immigration officer uses an infrared digital laser thermometer to take the temperature of a female passenger at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, Aug. 11, 2014. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
As the Ebola virus has ravaged Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, neighboring West African nations have so far remained largely unaffected because of robust response and prevention tactics. Nigeria and Senegal, both with significantly weaker health care systems than the United States, have so far staved off the virus that's killed more than 4,500 people in their region in a mere three months.
The manner of transmission to Nigeria and Senegal mirrored the virus' travel to the United States: through one person, or the so-called “patient zero.” A Guinean university student brought Ebola to neighboring Senegal through unknown means, while Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian, arrived in Nigeria by air. After months of stringent monitoring and treatment regimens, both countries are poised to be declared Ebola-free by Monday.
The Nigerian response started off clumsily, with inadequate initial response and delayed support from health officials. But Nigerian authorities swiftly recovered. In what the World Health organization calls “a piece of world-class epidemiological detective work,” the government ended up tracking 100 percent of all potential Ebola contacts in Lagos, the largest city, where Sawyer landed, and 98 percent of contacts in Port Harcourt, where his nurse visited family.
Contact tracing is perhaps the most crucial action needed to fight an outbreak, particularly at the outset. "If you do [contract tracing] properly, you can shut down any outbreak,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told MSNBC.
There were 19 cases of the virus in Nigeria out of the 894 people Nigerian officials traced as potentially at risk. Eight of them died. Nigerian officials made an astounding 18,500 face-to-face visits, highlighting how cautious officials must be to ensure Ebola is contained.
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-stop-ebol...enegal-1706297
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015