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French to English translation
Acute flaccid paralysis at the bedside of Kinshasa: 2 students die in the municipality of N'Djili
Kinshasa, 26/02/2011 / Health
Acute flaccid paralysis, a very advanced form of polio has taken up residence in Kinshasa, killing two students in a private school in N'Djili.
Two students of a school in Ward 7 of the town of N'Djili died of a disease whose symptoms resemble those of acute flaccid paralysis. Health Zone confirms the existence of an epidemic. A health authority of the DRC to move quickly to reverse the numbers. Two suspicious deaths in the space of a month in a primary school, secondary and vocational N'Djili, namely the Professional Institute Bosembo created panic in the ranks of the school community of this county. Some point to the witchcraft as a probable cause of these deaths.
For, according to testimony gathered there, the two students have shown similar symptoms: paralysis of upper and lower limbs, urinary retention, etc.. The third case of this disease not yet diagnosed, was interned at the Medical Center at Grace Ward 7 in the town of N'Djili. One of the center staff, met last Friday to the office of mayor of N'Djili to convey information to the local authority, has certified the presence of an epidemic. It is probably, "he said, an outbreak of an advanced form of polio.
"We received these cases. Initially, it was not clear exactly what happened. Only after the two deaths and the third case we have confirmed an outbreak. We asked the students not to be in contact with the bodies of people who already have the disease. Unfortunately, excited, all believe that it is witchcraft. Therefore, we have alerted officials to the area of health that they take this situation and alert health authorities of the country. "
Confirmation of local health authorities
Reached by telephone late yesterday afternoon, the director of the health zone N'Djili confirmed the information. "We are really aware of this epidemic. But it's a technical file that I'm limited to give you further explanation. You must see the head doctor of area "And that was it. Person so to this day knows exactly what is happening in this school of common N'Djili located within 100 meters from the town hall.
Still, only two students have already succumbed to this mysterious disease. Another is in hospital. But there are certainly other students who were in contact with the three above, and probably could have symptoms in the coming days. It is therefore urgent to stopgap before the situation reaches alarming proportions.
AN'Djili, we do not yet feel the gravity of the evil that struck the town. Because, to date, everyone hid behind the witchcraft to give an explanation for these die-offs of the Institute Bosembo. However, medical personnel, such as Grace Medical Center, is convinced that this is an epidemic - yet unidentified - but similar to the acute flaccid paralysis.
Is it so that wild poliovirus or acute flaccid paralysis that has recently erupted in the DRC town of Kikwit in Bandundu? It is not far from this possibility. Once eradicated, AFP, an advanced form of polio had reappeared in December 2010 in Kikwit, where it has killed fifteen people.
Until mid-December, 36 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, including fifteen deaths were already registered in Kikwit in Bandundu province. The government had organized a campaign response to the epidemic. But the dead Institute Bosembo N'Djili to prove that the epidemic could eventually reach the city of Kinshasa. The high concentration of population in the communes of the East had to fear the worst and push the authorities to act urgently.
Faustin Kuediasala / Le Potentiel
http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/74010
French to English translation
Acute flaccid paralysis at the bedside of Kinshasa: 2 students die in the municipality of N'Djili
Kinshasa, 26/02/2011 / Health
Acute flaccid paralysis, a very advanced form of polio has taken up residence in Kinshasa, killing two students in a private school in N'Djili.
Two students of a school in Ward 7 of the town of N'Djili died of a disease whose symptoms resemble those of acute flaccid paralysis. Health Zone confirms the existence of an epidemic. A health authority of the DRC to move quickly to reverse the numbers. Two suspicious deaths in the space of a month in a primary school, secondary and vocational N'Djili, namely the Professional Institute Bosembo created panic in the ranks of the school community of this county. Some point to the witchcraft as a probable cause of these deaths.
For, according to testimony gathered there, the two students have shown similar symptoms: paralysis of upper and lower limbs, urinary retention, etc.. The third case of this disease not yet diagnosed, was interned at the Medical Center at Grace Ward 7 in the town of N'Djili. One of the center staff, met last Friday to the office of mayor of N'Djili to convey information to the local authority, has certified the presence of an epidemic. It is probably, "he said, an outbreak of an advanced form of polio.
"We received these cases. Initially, it was not clear exactly what happened. Only after the two deaths and the third case we have confirmed an outbreak. We asked the students not to be in contact with the bodies of people who already have the disease. Unfortunately, excited, all believe that it is witchcraft. Therefore, we have alerted officials to the area of health that they take this situation and alert health authorities of the country. "
Confirmation of local health authorities
Reached by telephone late yesterday afternoon, the director of the health zone N'Djili confirmed the information. "We are really aware of this epidemic. But it's a technical file that I'm limited to give you further explanation. You must see the head doctor of area "And that was it. Person so to this day knows exactly what is happening in this school of common N'Djili located within 100 meters from the town hall.
Still, only two students have already succumbed to this mysterious disease. Another is in hospital. But there are certainly other students who were in contact with the three above, and probably could have symptoms in the coming days. It is therefore urgent to stopgap before the situation reaches alarming proportions.
AN'Djili, we do not yet feel the gravity of the evil that struck the town. Because, to date, everyone hid behind the witchcraft to give an explanation for these die-offs of the Institute Bosembo. However, medical personnel, such as Grace Medical Center, is convinced that this is an epidemic - yet unidentified - but similar to the acute flaccid paralysis.
Is it so that wild poliovirus or acute flaccid paralysis that has recently erupted in the DRC town of Kikwit in Bandundu? It is not far from this possibility. Once eradicated, AFP, an advanced form of polio had reappeared in December 2010 in Kikwit, where it has killed fifteen people.
Until mid-December, 36 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, including fifteen deaths were already registered in Kikwit in Bandundu province. The government had organized a campaign response to the epidemic. But the dead Institute Bosembo N'Djili to prove that the epidemic could eventually reach the city of Kinshasa. The high concentration of population in the communes of the East had to fear the worst and push the authorities to act urgently.
Faustin Kuediasala / Le Potentiel