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Last updated on: November 12, 2014 10:05 AM
The international medical aid group Doctors Without Borders -- also known by the French acronym MSF -- says there have been slight improvements in the Ebola situation in Liberia and Guinea. However, Sierra Leone has experienced a big surge in reported cases throughout the country in recent weeks.
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Re: Liberia
Kambaki said the prevention measures appear to be helping, but MSF is investigating a recent drop in numbers being admitted to their Ebola isolation centers.
Another troubling trend he reports is more difficulty in getting public transportation for potential patients. ?Most of the taxi drivers who have been bringing patients to the hospital have also been infected and some of them have died. So, the numbers of public transport that use to bring patients to facilities has reduced as well.?
Training in Sierra Leone?s hot spots
Ebola has spread to all of Sierra Leone with new hot spots showing up in the capital, Freetown, and in Port Loko, Bambali and Moyamba. MSF has been conducting training in Kailahun and Bo.
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Surveillance pays off in Guinea
In Guinea, Ebola outbreaks have stabilized some in the capital, Conakry. ?The surveillance there is actually working,? Kambaki said. ?We are seeing that the cases are not really increasing, but it is still not under control.?.
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Fear of the Ebola virus continues to pervade the three hardest-hit countries in west Africa, but Kambaki says the fear now focuses on those who have recovered from the virus. He says. ?? we are actually seeing also fear of the people who have recovered.?
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Kambaki said there are critical gaps across the board in efforts to contain the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Aid groups are building isolation facilities in all three countries but most centers are not yet ready to serve patients.
There are also gaps in other areas such as personnel to: teach the use of household Ebola protection kits, trace contacts after infections are identified, conduct epidemiological surveiilance, manage referral systems and to mobilize community education campaigns.
?So, I can just say we still need everything in those three countries,? said Kambaki.
Last updated on: November 12, 2014 10:05 AM
The international medical aid group Doctors Without Borders -- also known by the French acronym MSF -- says there have been slight improvements in the Ebola situation in Liberia and Guinea. However, Sierra Leone has experienced a big surge in reported cases throughout the country in recent weeks.
snip
Re: Liberia
Kambaki said the prevention measures appear to be helping, but MSF is investigating a recent drop in numbers being admitted to their Ebola isolation centers.
Another troubling trend he reports is more difficulty in getting public transportation for potential patients. ?Most of the taxi drivers who have been bringing patients to the hospital have also been infected and some of them have died. So, the numbers of public transport that use to bring patients to facilities has reduced as well.?
Training in Sierra Leone?s hot spots
Ebola has spread to all of Sierra Leone with new hot spots showing up in the capital, Freetown, and in Port Loko, Bambali and Moyamba. MSF has been conducting training in Kailahun and Bo.
snip
Surveillance pays off in Guinea
In Guinea, Ebola outbreaks have stabilized some in the capital, Conakry. ?The surveillance there is actually working,? Kambaki said. ?We are seeing that the cases are not really increasing, but it is still not under control.?.
snip
Fear of the Ebola virus continues to pervade the three hardest-hit countries in west Africa, but Kambaki says the fear now focuses on those who have recovered from the virus. He says. ?? we are actually seeing also fear of the people who have recovered.?
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Kambaki said there are critical gaps across the board in efforts to contain the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Aid groups are building isolation facilities in all three countries but most centers are not yet ready to serve patients.
There are also gaps in other areas such as personnel to: teach the use of household Ebola protection kits, trace contacts after infections are identified, conduct epidemiological surveiilance, manage referral systems and to mobilize community education campaigns.
?So, I can just say we still need everything in those three countries,? said Kambaki.