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Ebola in Mali? Death of a suspected case of Ebola coming from Liberia
Post by Guineematin 23 - January - 2015

Mali Prefecture

The village of Tounti, a border town in the prefecture of L?louma but under the Kokouma district Dougountounni rural commune in the prefecture of Mali recorded on 21 January a community death of a suspected case of Ebola have learned Friday morning Guineematin.com corresponding from an official source.

According to Elhadj Mamadou Houdy BAH , Regional Director of Health of Labe, the deceased 35 year old came home with four other members of his familyfrom this village in Liberia where he lost his wife, "the examination, realized that this man returned with his 3 children and another woman. Health authorities in Mali have taken precautions by starting each morning to see the family. The gentleman who was not well said to suffer from abdominal and lumbar pain because he had an accident during the return trip. Thus, he has been followed because of the pain for 3 to 5 days. Unfortunately, he passed away on 21 January. "

At the announcement of the sad news, the health authorities of the Labe region immediately fielded a joint mission of the health districts of Mali and L?louma accompanied by a laboratory and volunteers of the Guinean Red Cross to conduct a funeral secure reassures Dr Mamadou BAH Houdy.

The sample taken from the body was sent to Conakry where the sample arrived Thursday night at Donka Ebola Treatment Center. Certainly the results are going to fall on Friday, 23 January.

Meanwhile, four other members of the family of the deceased were placed under medical supervision and several people who have rubbed the back were located, identified and listed by the relevant departments.

http://guineematin.com/2015/01/23/e...deces-dun-cas-suspect-debola-venu-du-liberia/

 

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Ebola is confirmed in Mali: the new panic and scared away the people of Kokouma

Posted by Guineematin 23 - January - 2015

This is very bad news that has been confirmed by the analysis of samples from the deceased who came from Liberia. The prefecture Mali had until then not recorded a case of Ebola, which causes panic, especially in the areas close to the village where the adventurer passed away.

The village of Tounti is bordered by the prefecture of L?louma but division of the District Kokouma, Dougountounni rural commune in the prefecture of Mali. This is where a community death of a suspected case of Ebola who came from Liberia was recorded before yesterday, Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

After confirming that case considered previously as a suspect, the villagers are scared and many are fleeing the scene, including those who had previously been identified as possible contacts for being relatives or simply attended the funeral of the deceased, has learned Guineematin.com from a national of Kokouma living in Conakry.

Already tomorrow, Saturday 24 January, an important mission of the regional authorities of Labe is expected in Mali with a media team including Guineematin.com

To be continued!

http://guineematin.com/2015/01/23/e...anique-et-fait-fuir-les-habitants-de-kokouma/

 

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Ebola Dougountounni (Mali): 34 identified contacts, closed markets and schools

Posted by Guineematin 25 - January - 2015

As of January 24, health officials in the region have identified 34 contacts in the prefectures of Mali and L?louma, found on site special envoy for Guineematin.com at Tounty Kokouma in the rural commune of Dougountounni.

As announced in our previous editions, a large delegation of local authorities and health technical services visited on 24 January Tounty Kokouma within the rural community of Dougountounny in the prefecture of Mali where an imported case of Ebola was confirmed by competent services since Friday, January 23.

Led by the Governor of the administrative region of Labe, this strong delegation also included the Prefect of Mali, the Regional Director of Health of Labe, prefectural Directors of Health Mali, L?louma and Gaoual. It also noted the presence of the sub-prefect and the mayor of Kounsitel, resort Prefecture Gaoual.

The services concerned then have identified on site 25 persons in contacts among close relatives of the deceased, 8 in the prefecture of L?louma and one that was caught by the authorities of Kounsitel. The latter, who had left Tounty Kokouma upon confirmation of the Ebola case in the locality was trying reach Conkary by bicycle when he was spotted in Kounsitel following a warning from health authorities in Mali. He was brought back to Kokouma by the Prefectural Director of Health Gaoual accompanied by the sub-prefect and the mayor of Kounsitel.

Yesterday Saturday 24 January, the official delegation announced to the local population mobilization of many partners involved in the fight against this epidemic in Guinea with the UN mission, which was said to be installed in the village of Tounty Kokouma a medical team monitoring of contact persons from this Sunday, January 25th.

Under the provisions of the local authorities to limit the spread of the disease in the area, the prefect Souare Harouna, a follower of the law of the facility, imitated the manner of automata and without good reason that has been wronged elsewhere , deciding to unilaterally close the weekly markets and schools located in the area. He did not even referred to the health technicians under his authority. He would have understood that this abusive and unnecessary decision does nothing to block the road to the hemorrhagic Ebola epidemic. It just aggravates the already precarious living conditions of the poor citizens of the localities concerned that survive only daily.

It will not be easy to achieve the goal of zero Ebola in 60 days when the authoritarian politics never takes into account the views of public health experts in decision making. Close markets to fight against Ebola is giving a sword in the water. If the authorities concerned had reacted on time and according to the recommendations of experts to the alert given by the Tounty Kokouma community that signaled the return of the young from Liberia on the day he arrived in the village, the prefect of Mali did not need to unnecessarily close of markets and schools.

Idrissa Diallo Sampiring for Guineematin.com

http://guineematin.com/2015/01/25/e...ntacts-recenses-des-marches-et-ecoles-fermes/

 

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Ebola: Many women die of the disease in moyenne Guinea ...

TOUGUE- The hemorrhage fever virus Ebola continues to grief to families in Guinea. In the space of a week two women died in the prefectures of Tougu? and Mali, located in the north of the country, learned Africaguinee.com.

The first woman who is from Tougu? died Saturday Ebola at treatment center in Coyah. The second, which had preferred to hide her illness, died last week in Mali.

"The aunt of the young from Liberia heard that her nephew was declared positive for Ebola, she went to hide in a bush for a week. On her return, she was already dying. It was after her death that she was declared positive for Ebola, "confirmed the Regional Director of Health Labe, Dr. Oudy Bah.

The same source says that this woman has spawned 15 contacts. Currently, there are 143 contacts under supervision in this prefecture.

On the side of the prefecture Tougu?, Dr. Bah said that it was one of the two patients hospitalized Ebola Treatment Center Coyah (CTE) that passed away before yesterday. At this level, contacts amounted to 170 contacts.

 

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Dougoun Tounni (Mali): Two new cases of Ebola among contacts subjects of Kokouma

Posted by Guineematin 15 - Feb - 2015

After several days of calm, Ebola has resurfaced in the prefecture of Mali, in Moyenne Guinea , according to the sub-prefect of Dougoun, Tounni Mr. Ibrahima Traor?, reached by telephone this Saturday, February 14, 2015, after the two probable deaths, two people have developed symptoms of Ebola among the 40 contacts of Kokouma district, 14 kilometers from the center of town of Mali.

According to the sub-prefect, WHO has supported the people concerned, sampling was carried out on patients and they are waiting for exam results.

Here, roughly, is what the sub-prefect of Dougoun Tounni told one of our reporters:

As you know, it is a man from Liberia who had been affected by the disease. When he came home one Friday, Saturday morning, very early, we were informed of his arrival by the monitoring committee at the district . As soon, we have sought to meet the nearest health facility that has accepted us through the prefectural health director. After follow-up, the patient stayed until Thursday before he died. Thus the red cross of the Prefectural Health Department came to collect samples, and two days later they sent the results that were positive.

From there, we tried to identify people contacts. For the first time we had 40 people contacts. We asked each of them to stay home. After treatment of the body of the deceased, the Red Cross handed over the body to the family for burial. And the 40 contacts were isolated.

A few days later, there was a woman, an aunt of the deceased, who was unfortunately not identified among the contacts people that also passed away. As soon as the woman died, they locked the box. The Prefectural Health Department came with the equipment of the Red Cross, they cleaned the box and secure the body and the funeral was done. Since then, people "contacts" are isolated. For now these are the two cases that died.

Obviously, the President of Kokouma district called me this morning (Saturday, February 14, 2015: ed) to tell me that among contacts people, there are two that are already sick and the World Health Organization took all provisions with the Prefectural Directorate of Health of Mali to send for verification. And we are waiting for the results.

Interview conducted on the phone for Guineematin.com by Mamadou Balde Alpha

http://guineematin.com/dougoun-toun...-debola-parmi-les-sujets-contacts-de-kokouma/