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KinshasaHealth – To put an end to this epidemic, the Ministry of Health, with the support of the partners and the commitment of the community leaders, carries out activities of prevention, hygiene, sanitation, free medical case management , listing and monitoring of people who have been in contact with the sick and their vaccination, as well as members of their families or relatives.
A total of 86 Ebola cases have been reported in Butembo City and surrounding areas since the outbreak of the Ebola outbreak in that city in North Kivu province in September 2018, said Friday. the press, the coordinator of the response to this disease, Dr. Ndjoloko Tambwe Bathe.
The latter drew up the epidemiological badessment of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in this city and its surroundings where seven health zones were affected. These are health areas in Butembo with 12 cases including 6 deaths, Katwa with 34 cases including 16 deaths, Kalunguta with 28 cases including 14 deaths, Kyondo with two cases including one death. Masereka with six cases including one death. Musienene with two including two deaths and finally Vuhovi with two cases including one death.
He said there were 16 people cured of this disease in this area. The coordinator of the response to the Ebola epidemic pointed out that women are the most affected with a rate of 80%, 53 out of 86 cases including 26 deaths. The children are not spared because there are twelve deaths in the category of children under one year.
To put an end to this epidemic, the Ministry of Health, with the support of the partners and the commitment of the community leaders, carries out activities of prevention, hygiene, sanitation, free medical case management, listing and monitoring of people who have been in contact with the sick and their vaccination, as well as members of their families or relatives. Dr Ndjoloko invites the population of Butembo to mobilize, to commit, to participate in the sanitary measures required to stop the progression of the Ebola epidemic.
These measures include hand washing with soap and water before and after the meal, after using latrines or after contact with the biological secretions of a person or animal.
He recommended going to the nearest Ebola treatment center for prompt and free treatment in the event of the first signs of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) such as fever, headache , fatigue, abdominal pain and others. It has dropped by encouraging the population to take advantage of the free healthcare decreed in the affected health zones. He warned troublemakers who oppose the smooth operation of the response.
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