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  • Mauritania - Ajouer: health mission dispatched to diagnose a strange pathology

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    10-09-2019 23:15 - Ajouer: a health mission dispatched to diagnose a strange pathology

    Al-Akhbar - A health mission arrived in the town of Boutilimit on Tuesday, September 10, to carry out medical examinations on pathological cases observed in the locality of Ajouer, belonging to the commune of Talhaya, in the wilaya of Trarza .

    This is the second mission of the kind sent to the village since the report of cases described as swelling in the face and neck.The natives had warned of the spread of the strange pathology among the populations, which forced the local authorities to go in the places, followed by a preliminary medical mission then of a second equipped with equipment for blood tests.

    Ajouer would have recorded several cases, 8 of which were recorded by one source, according to which the inhabitants speak of 20 cases in just a few hours.

    By Al-Akhbar,
    Translated from Arabic by Cridem

    akhbar - Une mission sanitaire est arrivée mardi 10 septembre courant dans la ville de Boutilimit, afin d’effectuer des examens médicaux sur des cas pathologiques constatés...


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    Minister of Health dispatched to Ajouer Tenhemed

    Avatar Sahara Media 4 days ago

    Mauritanian President Mohamed O. Cheikh Ghazouani ordered Minister of Health Nazirou O. Hamed to visit the locality of Ajouer Tenhemoud in order to shed light on the disease that has erupted in this locality, under the moughata from R'Kiz.

    The minister will go tonight, a few days after the passage of a medical mission of the ministry that took samples of 32 people among whom 28 were carriers of the disease.

    Samples were sent to laboratories to further analyze and confirm the diagnosis.

    According to the first data obtained by the mission, this disease, which has spread in the locality, particularly among women, is not serious, non-fatal or contagious.

    Other medical sources argue that the disease can be life threatening for people with diseases such as kidney failure or cardiovascular disease.

    The inhabitants of this locality had noticed for some months abnormal inflations on people, which led the authorities to dispatch a first team of two doctors and a laboratory assistant, followed then by a more extensive medical mission.

    In addition, another mission of the Ministry of Hydraulics and Sanitation went to the locality to analyze the water consumed by the inhabitants and the rate of salinity.

    The emergency bulletin issued by the Mauritanian authorities had announced that it was an impure nephrotic syndrome.



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    Government Activities

    Ministers comment on the results of the Council of Ministers


    Nouakchott, 12/09/2019
    ...
    The spokesman for the interim government added in his response to the government's response to the health problem at Ajouer locality that the government reacted as soon as it was informed of the situation. question. For example, the Ministry of Health dispatched the head of the Boutilimit health center to the area, who made the preliminary diagnosis of the cases in question.

    Then the ministry sent a health commission from the Hamed Hospital in Boutilimitt and yesterday sent another commission from the National Center for Health Research composed of laboratory technicians to diagnose the cases.

    He added that an interministerial mission composed of ministers of health and water and sanitation went to the scene this Thursday night to learn about these cases, pointing out that an investigation is ongoing, which will enable the government to take appropriate measures to deal with the situation.

    He indicated that only 15 cases have been recorded so far, 7 of which are naturally cured and that an investigation is trying to determine the nature of this health problem.
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