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Report date 5/04/2021
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Confirmed Cases 16 *
Probable Cases 7
* 1 case treated at CT-Epi in Conakry and 14 at CT-Epi in N?Z?r?kor? and 1 escaped case
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Contact follow-up situation, as of 5/04/2021
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* The 92 contacts of Kpagalaye were not followed up for reasons of reluctance
III. Challenges
Lifting of reluctance in Kpagalaye
Swaber all cases of death
Find the confirmed case and the two suspected cases detected at the HR
IV. Recommendations
On surveillance
Implement mechanisms to find the confirmed case and the two suspected cases detected not
still hospitalized
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#Guinea #Ebola outbreak Situation Report (05/04/21)
23 cases
12 deaths
5,365 people vaccinated
"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
-Nelson Mandela
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Ebola: suspected of having caught the virus, a doctor says "niet" at screening ...
NZEREKRE-The scene takes place in Nz?r?kor?, the epicenter of the Ebola virus epidemic that reappeared last February in Gou?ck?. Since the resurgence of the virus in Kpaghalaye in the sub-prefecture of Soulouta, the reluctance of citizens is slowing down the response.
What just happened in Nz?r?kor? is an example. Here! A doctor fiercely objected to being tested after showing some signs of contamination.
" The gentleman came in the morning, the agents who are at the door, took his temperature which read 38.9 ?. They made him wait for a few minutes. They resumed taking the temperature for a second time. was still at 38.9 ?. They waited another twenty minutes and they took again the temperature with two different thermo-flashes, it still displayed 38.9. When we went to see his director, the latter called him to know his position. He indicated where he was.
When he got there, the gentleman denied that his temperature was 38.9 ?. He denied all the facts. He said his temperature was 37. Since he's a doctor, he had his own thermo-flash, he used it to take his temperature, it was 36. We had to call in the two agents. who were at the start of the school year to testify. However, the man has the flu, but we did everything to allow him to accept that his sample be taken, he refused. He even started calling his parents from all over the place. He said he has to keep the 21 days. We then told him to show us where he was staying so that we could follow him, but he refused. He said he agrees to be followed. Since he is still at the school where he teaches,", said a health official expressing fears of a spread of the virus through the many cases of reluctance.
For now, the young student confirmed positive is still untraceable. The village of Kpaghalaye where negotiations are underway still remains closed to health authorities. To date, the situation shows a patient hospitalized at the CT-Epi of Gou?ck?, 164 contacts including 47 followed, a rate of 29%.
To be continued?
Paul Foromo Sakouvogui
For Africaguinee.com
Created on Wednesday 07 April 2021 at 14:16
"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
-Nelson Mandela
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New Ebola outbreak kills 3 in Guinea: Africa CDC
(Xinhua) 10:41, April 07, 2021
ADDIS ABABA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The west African country of Guinea has detected five Ebola virus cases and three Ebola-related deaths over the past one week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Tuesday.
Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said the five new Ebola cases put the overall number of cases detected in the continent to 35, 18 of which resulted in fatalities.
"Guinea has detected a total of 23 Ebola cases out of which 12 resulted in deaths while nine other patients recovered," the Africa CDC said.
"The Democratic Republic of Congo has detected a total of 12 Ebola cases out of which six resulted in deaths while six other patients recovered," the Africa CDC added.
...http://en.people.cn/n3/2021/0407/c90000-9836621.html
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Ebola in Kpagalaye: failure of negotiations between religious and women demonstrators
By Mohamed Bangoura The district of Kpagalaye, epicenter of the second wave of the Ebola epidemic, will remain closed in front of the Ebola response actors.
In question, the negotiations started since the morning of this Wednesday by the religious leaders did not make it possible to put an end to the reluctance of the population in particular, the women who are hostile to the teams of sensitization and vaccination.
The women expressed their categorical refusal for the vaccination. The priests did everything and raised awareness, but it didn't work. It was a large assembly which brought together youth, women, elders and notables. The women said no way to raise awareness. We had done our duty, it did not work because the population does not want to understand anything. Some accuse others of having collected money to facilitate the vaccination. There is disinformation behind it all , ? said Alphonse Goumou, councilor at Soulouta town hall.
Kpagalaye therefore remains the zone closed to anti-Ebola agents. Meanwhile, the first Ebola patient remains untraceable as several contacts go about their business.
The prefectural director of health also deplores the unsafe community burials in the village.
Alexis Kolihttps://translate.google.com/transla...search&pto=aue
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N'Z?r?kor?: Gbakalaye still refuses Ebola response teams
by :Alpha Oumar Bald
Wednesday, April 07, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.
Ebola response teams operating in the capital of Forest Guinea, epicenter of the Ebola virus, since December 2021, have faced reluctance in the district of Gbakalaye.
Indeed, for four days already, this locality in the sub-prefecture of Soulouta, has been closed to Ebola response teams. And this has the consequence of not following up at least of Gbakalaye's 96 contacts.
According to our information, this reluctance is explained by the refusal of old "Zogo" who are the guardians of the tradition in the Kp?l? country. They categorically reject the return of the response teams, despite the intervention of national sons residing in N'Z?r?kor?.
Note that for the time being, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 16, for 7 hospitalized deaths and 46 contacts followed out of a total of 164 contacts to follow.
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Guinea: Situation report on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic - April 6, 2021
Format Situation Report Source Posted 7 Apr 2021 Originally published 6 Apr 2021 Origin Original view
AttachmentsI. Highlights
? 56 alerts including 20 investigations carried out and 36 under investigation,
? 06 validated alerts (4 deaths including 4 swab?s and 2 alive)
? Transfer of a suspected case to the CT-Epi in Gou?ck?
? Refusal to transfer a contact become suspect
? Rupture of vaccination cards
? Sending of two delegations (women leaders and religious leaders) to Kpagalaye to lift the reluctance
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SITUATION REPORT
Disease name
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
Date of notification of the 1st confirmed case
02/13/2021
Report date
4/6/2021
I. Highlights
? 56 alerts including 20 investigations carried out and 36 under investigation,
? 06 Alerts validated (4 deaths including 4 swab?s and 2 alive)
? Transfer of a suspected case to the CT-Epi in Gou?ck?
? Refusal to transfer a contact who has become suspect
? Breakage of vaccination cards
? Sending of two delegations (women leaders and religious leaders) to Kpagalaye for the lifting of the
reluctance
SitRep N ? 52
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II. Dynamics of the epidemic
Table I. Distribution of cases in the health district on 6/04/2021,
Description
Districts
sanitary
N'Z?r?kor? CU
Gou?ck?
Soulouta
Total
New
Accumulation
New Cumulation
New
Accumulation
New
Accumulation
Suspicious cases
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Confirmed Cases
0
11
0
3
0
2
0
16 *
Probable cases
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
7
* 1 case treated at CT-Epi in Conakry and 14 at CT-Epi in N'Z?r?kor? and 1 escaped case
Table II. Situation of patients in epidemiological treatment centers and deaths on the date of
4/6/2021,
Description
Health districts
N'Z?r?kor?
Gou?ck?
Total
New
Accumulation
New
Accumulation
New
Accumulation
Hospitalized at
dated
Suspects
0
0
1
1
1
1
Confirmed
0
1
0
0
0
1
Healed outings
0
8
0
0
0
8
Hospital deaths
0
7
0
0
0
7
Community deaths
4
201 *
0
0
4
201
* 7 probable cases, 2 confirmed cases and 127 non-cases, 63 non-swabed deaths
Table III. Management of community deaths 6/04/2021
Types of burial
New
Accumulation
Safe burials
0
16
Unsecured burials
0
4
Total
0
20
Table IV Results of the 6/04/2021 vaccination
Vaccination site
Vaccinated
Accumulation
CU N'Z?r?kor?
60
3623
Gou?ck?
0
1065
Samoe
0
200
Kokota (Lola)
0
20
Kpagalaye
0
240
Soulouta
20
80
Total
80
5208
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Table V Vaccination results according to the target 4/6/2021
SITES OF
VACCINATION
CONTACTS
New contacts
Accumulation
contacts
Contacts
vaccines
of the day
Accumulation
vaccinated
%
BOUNOUMA
0
1
0
1
100%
GOUECKE
0
289
0
168
58%
BOMA
1
16
0
8
53%
LOLA
7
7
0
0
0%
COM URB NZEREK
4
195
5
209
107%
HR NZERK
0
234
0
213
91%
SOULOUTA CENTER
0
7
0
0
0%
KPAGALAYE
1
97
1
105
108%
TOTAL
13
855
6
711
83%
Figure 1: Transmission circuit of confirmed and probable cases of EVD, N'Z?r?kor? 01/10/20 to 04/06/2021
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Graph 2: Epidemic curve , of Nz?r?kor? EVD, January 10 to 4/6/2021
Comments: The index case was symptomatic from 01/15/2021 and died on 01/28/2021. A new
case tested positive on 4/1/2021 and was symptomatic on 3/27/2021.
Graph 3 : Distribution by age group and sex of confirmed and probable cases of EVD N'Z?r?kor?
4/6/2021
Comment: The majority of cases were> 40 years old and not gender predominant.
Age groups
NOT(%)
0 to 20 years
0 (0)
21 to 40 years old
7 (30)
41 to 60 years old
11 (48)
> 60 years
5 (22)
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Map 1. Spatial distribution of confirmed and probable cases of EVD N'Z?r?kor?, 5/04/2021
Comment: Out of fourteen (14) confirmed cases, eleven came from the CU and three from Gou?ck?. We also note 4 cases
probable, two (2) of which resided in Gou?ck? and two (2) in the CU.
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Table 6. Contact follow-up situation, as of 6/04/2021
* The 92 contacts of Kpagalaye were not followed up for reasons of reluctance
Locality
Of
contacts
to be continued
Of
contacts
followed
Rate
followed
of
contacts
Of
contacts No
followed
Reason for not tracking
Of
new
Contacts
this day
Of
contacts
become
suspects
Of
contacts
out of
followed
Contact
remaining
in the
followed
Refusal Absent
Lost
of view
Other
Soulouta (Gbouo)
7
0
0%
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
7
Kpagalaye
96
0
0%
0
0
0
0
96 *
1
0
0
96
Boma
3
3
100%
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
Mohomou
16
8
50%
0
0
7
1
0
3
0
0
19
Commercial
3
2
33%
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
Sokoura
7
5
71%
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
8
Gonia
28
27
96%
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
28
Dorota
2
2
100%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Horoya
2
0
0%
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
Lola ?Lain?
(Yokpota, Yokpta)
0
0
0%
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
7
TOTAL
164
47 29%
0
0 10
1 105 13
1
0
176
II. Jobs done
? Coordination
? Holding of the prefectural coordination meeting in the presence of the prefectural authorities and
partners;
? Sending of two delegations (women leaders and religious leaders) to Kpagalaye for the lifting of the
reluctance
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? Surveillance / Laboratory
? Continuation of the in-depth investigation around confirmed cases and probable cases
? Continuation of active search and follow-up of contacts
? Vaccination of 80 contacts and front-line staff in the urban municipality (60) and in
Soulouta (20)
? Screening of 32,833 passers-by including 16,716 women, with 2 alerts at the 13 entry points and
health control installed in Gou?ck? and in the Urban Municipality of N'Z?r?kor?
? Support
? Management of a suspected case at the CT-Epi in Gou?ck? and a confirmed case at the CT-Epi in
N'Z?r?kor?,
? Training of the CT-Epi Nz?r?kor? team
? Investigation in progress on the psycho-social needs of contacts by the Red Cross
? PCI-WASH-EDS
? Carrying out of 5 swabs on the 5 hospital deaths
? Reactivation of the 2 COSAHs of the Horoya and Dorota HCs and development of a PAO by FOSA for
the response.
? Assessment of 8 broken water points in the Soulouta CR except Kpagalaye (for fault
access)
? Continuation of the ring around the confirmed case of Gonia having stayed in Kpagalaye with the
distribution of 74 hygiene kits distributed as follows: 2 primary schools, 15 public places (living room
hairstyles and bars) and 57 households.
? Distribution of hand washing devices in 5 CR schools in Gou?ck?.
? Communication and Social Mobilization
? 855 Households revisited as part of the search for community patients and deaths
in the CU of N'Z?r?kor?, Samoe, Womey, Soulouta, Gou?ck? and Pal?;
? 4,363 people sensitized within the framework of local communication in the CU of
N'Z?r?kor?, Samoe, Womey, Soulouta, Gou?ck? and Pal?;
? Production and broadcasting of 135 radio programs (6 round tables, 2 mini-sidewalks, 3
magazines, 120 reruns of spots, 4 interactive programs) on the lifting of reluctance to
Kpagalaye: acceptance of the care of patients at the CT-Epi, the importance of the recovery
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alerts, monitoring of preventive measures, EDS, the role of response teams, by radio
space and mobile radio based in Gou?ck?,
? Organization of an integrated capacity building session for 48 community leaders in
Gou?ck? on the role of response teams followed by demonstrations on DHS,
? Integrated briefing session at the N'Z?r?kor? Library of 60 women leaders, members of 2
Horoyah women's groups on EVD and acceptance of vaccination.
? Logistics
? Distribution of food for the benefit of 10 contact households in the urban commune of
N'z?r?kor?.
? Finalization of the general food distribution in Gou?ck? with a cumulative total of 5,626
assisted households
? Reception of 480 hand washing devices, 30 laptops, 18 computers
office automation, 18 inverters, 18 printers for the 6 districts of the region,
? Outlook for 7/04/2021
? Continuation of food distribution for 36 households in the urban commune of N'z?r?kor?.
? Advocacy meeting for the Sub-prefects and Mayors of the 11 communes of the Prefecture of
N'Z?r?kor? under the authority of the Prefect.
? Recruitment and deployment of 4 community relays, 4 technical health agents and 4 agents
civil protection for the 2 health checkpoints in Kpagalaye
? Equipment of the 2 sanitary control points
? Continuation of the in-depth investigation around the positive cases and the 3 probable cases,
? Activation of the Soulouta single health community platform
? Continuation of the closure of informal health structures in N'Z?r?kor?,
? Continuation of the psycho-social follow-up of former contacts, recovered persons and bereaved families,
? Continuation of ring vaccination around positive and probable cases (Soulouta center and
Kpagalaye),
? Household listing of Kpagalaye contacts
? Remove reluctance in Kpagalaye
? Swab all the deaths in the communities
? Find the confirmed case of Gonia and the two suspected cases of Yalenzou and Koul? detected by sorting
HR
III. Challenges
II.
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On surveillance
Implement mechanisms to find the confirmed case and the two suspected cases detected not
still hospitalized
IV. Recommend
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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 14: 29 March to 4 April 2021
Data as reported by: 17:00; 4 April 2021
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Ebola virus disease Guinea
23 Cases
12 Deaths
52.2 % CFR
EVENT DESCRIPTION
A new confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was reported
on 25 April 2021 from the sub-prefecture of Soulouta. As of 4
April 2021, a total of 23 cases have been reported, including
16 confirmed cases, and 7 probable cases, of which 9 have
recovered, and 12 have died (case fatality ratio 52.2%).
The subprefecture of Soulouta remains active (2 confirmed cases
and 3 probable cases reported in the past 21 days), while Samoe and
Nzerekore-Centre are on alert. The number of health workers
infected remains five.
Most of the confirmed and probable cases reported are female
(13/23; 60.9%) and the most affected age group are those over
40 years.
As of 4 April 2021, a total of 43 (29%) out of 149 contacts have
been followed up in Nzerekore. A total of 101 contacts have been
vaccinated. There were 19 alerts notified, all in Nzerekore, on 4
April 2021, of which 11 (58%) were investigated within 24 hours.
Of these, eight were validated, six of which were deaths that were
all sampled.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS
Daily incident management system meetings take place with
WHO, following up on field operations.
Community resistance prevented response measures,
including vaccination, in the village of Gbakalaye, Soulouta
on 4 April 2021; discussions around interventions are
underway.
A cumulative total of 4 565 people have been vaccinated,
including 288 high-risk contacts, 3 835 contacts-of-contacts
and 442 probable contacts, including 1 985 frontline workers.
Four patients, one confirmed and three suspected, are
currently hospitalized in the Epidemic Diseases Hospital
treatment centre.
Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE)
included identifying, briefing and deploying community
workers to work with the surveillance team; a review of all
deaths from 12 March 2021 to date is being supported, with
input from the socio-anthropologists; people and resources
are being identified for community monitoring and promotion
of prevention measures.
SITUATION INTERPRETATION
The EVD outbreak in Guinea, although appearing to be largely
under control, is up against serious challenges, not least
community resistance to response measures in the village of
Gbakalyaye, Soulouta, where the last two confirmed cases and
three probable cases were reported. A new confirmed case at day
35 of the countdown to the end of the pandemic has changed
the dynamics of the response and strengthened surveillance is
required, specifically increasing the number of alerts and the
number of samples tested in Nzerekore and neighbouring health
districts. In addition, all alerts need to be investigated within 24
hours, sampling as many suspected cases (including deaths)
as possible and isolating all suspected and confirmed patients.
Urgent attention is required to close the current funding gap in
the response plan budget in order to ensure a timely and quality
response.
"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
-Nelson Mandela
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Ebola in Kpagalaye: women lift the blockade after tough negotiations
Mohamed bangouraBy Mohamed Bangoura
For 2 hours ago MAIN FOCUS , News , Latest News
It took many negotiations and negotiations for the women of the district of Kpagalaye to agree to allow the arrival of teams to fight against Ebola.
After the failure of priests and local authorities, it is the Zowho women (traditional leaders) who have just lifted the harsh reluctance opposed by the population since last week.
?We went to meet the women and they expressed their dissatisfaction to us and demanded to bring the patient who is hospitalized at the treatment center. Immediately, we did not delay in bringing in the latter who is already healed. This reassured them a lot. His wife, who is hospitalized at the CT-EPI, was also contacted by phone. She explained the realities of the center. This is what relieved the population who gave their consent for doctors to carry out their activities without fear. All is well now in the village but there are small sacrifices to be made to eliminate some curses made during their demonstrations, ? said Marie No?l Balamou, women leaders and traditional communicator.
This is news that relieved the members of the prefectural coordination of the fight against Ebola on Friday. According to the regional health director, all response activities can start on Saturday morning. These include awareness raising, tracing of contacts and suspected cases, vaccination and epidemiological surveillance.
Alexis Koli
"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
-Nelson Mandela
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Guinea #Ebola outbreak Situation Report (12/04/21)
23 cases
12 deaths
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SITUATION REPORT
Disease name Ebola virus disease (EVD)
Notification date of the 1st confirmed case 02/13/2021
Report date 04/11/2021
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I. Highlights
25 alerts including 10 investigated and 15 under investigation
? 3 Alerts validated (3 deaths all swabbed)
Start of contact follow-up activities in Kpagalaye
Vaccination of 10 contacts of the reluctant family of the confirmed case in Gonia
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Surveillance / Laboratory
Continuation of the in-depth investigation around confirmed cases and probable cases
Continuation of active search and follow-up of contacts
Screening of 25,376 passers-by including 11,720 women, at the 13 entry and control points
health facilities installed in Gou?ck? and in the Urban Municipality of N?Z?r?kor?
Support
Management of 3 suspected cases at the CT-Epi (1 N?Z?r?kor? and 2 Gou?ck?) and one confirmed case
at the CT-Epi in N?Z?r?kor?,
Continuous training of the team in charge of Gou?ck? and Nz?r?kor?,
PCI-WASH-EDS
3/3 Swabs carried out on intra-hospital death alerts in the Urban Municipality of
N?z?r?kor?.
Communication and Social Mobilization
At N?Z?r?kor? Cathedral, the Priest recalled the protective measures against
Ebola virus disease for 200 faithful including 120 women present at the prayer of
this Sunday while inviting them to adhere to the interventions of the response;
388 Households revisited within the framework of local communication, search for
sick and community deaths, 1946 people affected including 695
women and 612 children in the health areas of Mohomou and Dorota;
Production and broadcasting of 211 radio programs (2 round tables, 2 TV shows
interactive, 1 micro-sidewalk, 2 magazines, 3 interviews, 1 radio debate, 200
spots) on barrier measures and DHS, rumors related to the management of EVD,
care of patients at the CE-TPI carried out by the mobile radio station based in Gou?ck?;
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III. Challenges
Swab all the deaths in the communities
Find the confirmed case of Gonia,
IV. Recommendations
To coordination
Implement mechanisms to find the confirmed case,
Reactivate the CREC and Surveillance meetings every Tuesday.
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-Nelson Mandela
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Ebola: the resistance of the Guinean village of Kpaghalaye against the "response"
Published on : 04/11/2021 - 04:02
Ebola has reappeared in Guinea since the beginning of 2021. 23 cases have been reported, including five deaths, in the region of Nz?r?kor?, in the south of the country. In this forest Guinea close to the borders of Liberia and C?te d'Ivoire, the village of Kpaghalaye is resisting the interventions of the "response", the team responsible for fighting the epidemic. They have not been able to return there since the beginning of the month. Older women oppose it.
They put on the loincloth in which they traditionally initiate young girls, which is supposed to command respect. Since the beginning of the month, the elderly women of Kpaghalaye have blocked the entrance to the village to medical teams, who are responsible for identifying Ebola cases and vaccinating the population.
Installed a few kilometers away, to help the Guinea Infectious Disease Research and Training Center, anthropologist Fr?d?ric Le Marcis believes that the traumas linked to the previous epidemic are still in people's minds: ? We must remember that during Ebola in the first epidemic, 70 % of people treated in treatment centers died. And this situation, which was related to the lack of effective treatment, at the time aroused among the population a feeling of fear and anguish, assimilating the therapeutic response in fact to a disguised desire to exterminate the population. "
Mutual distrust
? In addition to that, in the same region where the epidemic is unfolding today, is the village of Womey where in 2014 a delegation that came to do prevention was murdered, cut into pieces and thrown in the toilet. of the village, ?recalls Fr?d?ric Le Marcis. This event remained at the heart of the memory of the population and of the Response.
Reciprocal mistrust explains the communication errors of La Riposte. When the first case of Ebola appeared in Kpaghalaye, the person was taken to the Epidemic Treatment Center (CT-Epi) without informing the other villagers, who today refuse any intervention, including vaccination. Which does not mean, believes the anthropologist, that this resistance will last forever.
Ebola a fait sa réapparition en Guinée depuis le début de 2021. 23 cas ont été signalés, dont cinq décès, dans la région de Nzérékoré, dans le sud du pays. Dans cette Guinée forestière proche des frontières…
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EBOLA IN GUINEA: WOMEN END THE BLOCKADE OF THEIR VILLAGE
APRIL 12, 2021 AT 6:27 P.M. BY AFP
The vaccination campaign against Ebola hemorrhagic fever has resumed in Kpaghalaye, a village in southern Guinea whose women have blocked access to health personnel for several days, we learned from health authorities on Monday. "The vaccination began immediately on Saturday morning since the women lifted the siege on Friday evening," Sory II K?ira, the communications officer of the National Health Security Agency (ANSS), told AFP.
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"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
-Nelson Mandela
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