Re: Mali - First confirmed case of Ebola in Kayes - a 2 year old girl from Kissidougou, Guinea - deceased
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MANAGEMENT OF THE EPIDEMIC IN EBOLA: Minister of Health went to Kayes
The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene delivered, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, a tribute to the authorities and health personnel in the region of Kayes for their readiness in support of the single confirmed case of the disease recorded on 23 October Ebola virus.
Visiting Tuesday, October 28 in the City of Kayes, the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene was carrying a message of solidarity to the Head of state and government authorities and health personnel who Kayes promptly detected and supported the girl reached the Ebola virus disease. It was also for the Minister to inquire into the measures taken to contain the spread of the epidemic in this region of the country.
The visit was marked by four highlights: the encounter with the traditional authorities and religious leaders; meeting with managers and technical and financial partners involved in the cause; site visits care of suspected cases and the exchange with the contact person under observation.
The regional governor, Colonel Salif Traoré, provided an update of the epidemiological situation in the region which, according to him, is relatively quiet. For him, the serenity of the population is due to the efforts of the health authorities and the medical staff of e hospital Fousseyni Daou Kayes who have taken all measures to contain this situation .
According to the governor, Kayes had its prevention device for months. At Diboli, border town between Mali and Senegal, was built since months, a center for isolation and treatment. With the declaration of a confirmed case in Kayes, another center for isolation and treatment is added to the existing system. The new center is located on the outskirts of the city while the hospital houses an observation center for suspected cases and another center for people contacts for observation.
For the governor, the combined efforts of the team dispatched by the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene and the Regional Hospital Kayes has enabled to master the situation: on the date of Tuesday 28 October, 57 people contacts have been identified and placed under observation; all useful information for the understanding of the disease have distilled ; the vehicle used by the patient was immobilized and disinfected ...
Speaking of contact persons for observation, the governor said it is not a measure of discrimination against them, but rather an individual and collective security measure.
The minister visited the contacts people under observation in an observation center. Of these contacts, are included the pediatrician who saw the sick girl first, the grandmother of the girl and the health personnel who had contact with the patient. They welcomed the visit of the minister who, according to them, is evidence of governmental solidarity to them. At open heart , they reaffirmed their readiness to comply with safety rules to follow. They sent messages of thanks to the Minister for the government.
"This visit reassures us. We thank the authorities, the governor. We understand many things about our situation. There was a misinterpretation of the thing ... "said the spokesman of those contacts.
For his part, the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, reiterated the government's commitment to mobilize all efforts to curb this epidemic in our country. He assured that all measures will be taken to the efficient management of the situation in the country.
Thus, the operational capacities of the regional committee for monitoring the epidemic in Kayes will be further strengthened by equipping health facilities and strengthening the staff of the regional health directorate.
To date, 56 health workers have been trained in the response against the epidemic of Ebola viruses, equipped ambulances and motorcycles were prone to be quickly sent to Kayes.
The Minister thanked the Governor and staff health, without which the situation could overflow.
He also praised the availability of technical partners for their spirit of solidarity in this global struggle. Their spontaneous reaction, he says, is proof of their sincere cooperation in the fight against Ebola.
For its part, the resident representative of the World Health Organization, Dr. Ibrahima Fall Socé invited awareness, adding that the case contacts are not considered sick. He went on to say that the case of Mali can occur at any country, even the USA. For her vigilance and respect for hygiene measures for the control of this deadly epidemic must remain appropriate.
With the Minister, the traditional authorities welcomed the readiness and responsibility with which the authorities responded face if confirmed disease Ebola. According to their spokesman, Kayes was a moment of panic that soon gave way to the assurance born of information and actions taken at several levels by the authorities and their partners.
It should be noted that the economic operators in the region of Kayes were conspicuous by their show of solidarity for the management of contact persons. Thus, Abdoulaye Niang, Youssouf Cissé and others of good will have given large amount of drugs and foodstuffs.
In addition to his close associates, the Minister Ousmane Koné was accompanied by the resident representative of the World Health Organization in Mali, Dr. Ibrahim Socé Fall, Director of Roll Back Malaria (Partnership to Roll Back Malaria) Dr Fatoumata Nafo Traoré, and the new head of the management Unit of the crisis, Dr Malamine Koné.
Ousmane Daou
source MSHP
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