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quaint consultants. (EVD). By Dr Lekan Adelakun Impact Healthserve Ltd Quaint Consultants (Advocacy For Health And Safety Programmes) Tel: 08033444024, 08058095885. quaint consultants. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) EBOLA – THE DEADLIEST VHF KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. By Dr Lekan Adelakun
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quaint consultants (EVD) By Dr Lekan Adelakun Impact Healthserve Ltd Quaint Consultants (Advocacy For Health And Safety Programmes) Tel: 08033444024, 08058095885
quaint consultants Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)EBOLA – THE DEADLIEST VHF KNOCKING ON THE DOOR By DrLekanAdelakun Impact Healthserve Ltd Quaint Coinsultants (Advocacy For Health & Safety Programmes) Tel: 08033444024, 08058095885
quaint consultants Data: August 6
quaint consultants Data: August 12 No of infected persons: 1838 No of deaths: 1013 ……..WHO
quaint consultants Data: August 20 No of infected persons: 2614 No of deaths: 1427 ……..WHO
quaint consultants Data: August 29 No of infected persons: 3069 No of deaths: 1572 ……..WHO
quaint consultants Ebola In Nigeria! Lagos: Quick Response Contact Tracing Team Treatment Centre 13 cases, 5 deaths Lagos: 159 of 331 under surveillance
quaint consultants Ebola In Nigeria: The PH twist! PH: 3 cases, 1 death 200 under surveillance: 60 missing 15 cases in all 6 deaths, 7 discharges cleared
quaint consultants Modes of transmission Fruit bats Animals: monkeys, apes, gorillas,forest antelopes Human Human
quaint consultants Human Human Direct contact: secretions, organs or body fluids-D/A Indirect contact: contaminated environment, materials, utensils and medical equipment like needles Semen
Clinical Features • Fever, sore throat, cough, hiccups, chest & abdominal pain, muscle pains, headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting, rash and diarrhea
quaint consultants Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) Impairment of functions of liver, kidney, circulatory, CNS and other organs CNS manifestations: severe headaches,confusion, agitation, seizures, may go into coma Bleeding- internal and external- prognostical
quaint consultants Differential Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis: Malaria, typhoid fever, cholera, meningitis, hepatitis, shigellosis, plaque and other viral hemorrhagic fevers Diagnosis: blood test for EBV antibodies, RNA Confirmation: Isolating the virus]
quaint consultants Diagnosis Blood test for EBV antibodies, RNA Confirmation: Isolating the virus]
quaint consultants Who Is At Risk? Everyone Family members of infected persons Medical personnel, Care givers, Morticians: Victims, Amplifiers People working with animals People eating bush meat and unidentified animals
Outbreak risk assessment • Serious public health event that threatens global public health security • Controllable --- Evidence-based Ebola interventions • First large Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa • First complex mix transmission pattern documented • Rural outbreak • Urban outbreak • Cross-border outbreaks • Unusual number of health care workers among the cases and deaths (health facilities serving as amplifier of the EVD)
Issues And Challenges • Denial, fear and panic among population & health workers • Most confirmed cases and deaths linked to traditional burial practices and funeral rites • Beliefs/myths, practices and handling of dead bodies • Rapid spread in densely populated peri- & urban areas • Weak health system, surveillance and infection control measures • Inadequate funding
quaint consultants Management No known cure or vaccine: symptomatic and intensive supportive management. Promising drugs: Anti-viral, fertility & breast cancer drugs, Zmapp, Antibodies Vaccine: VSV- EBOV
quaint consultants Prevention:a, infected animals Human avoid contact with wild animals safe animal husbandry and slaughtering testing animals, killing and proper disposal of infected ones knowledge of type of meat cooking meat thoroughly before eating
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human It’s in your hands:WASH THOSE HANDS- frequent washing of hands with soap and water, alcohol or other hand sanitizer use sodium hypochlorite or other detergents for contaminated Environmental Hygiene
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Avoid touching suspected ill or suspicious dead person Role of Immunity Early identification & reporting: Surveillance, quarantine, isolation of infected persons
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Nos to call: 08023169485 08023213333 08033086660 08055329229 08055281442 08033065303 Help Line: 0800326524357 or 0800EBOLAHELP
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Universal precaution: wearing protective clothing when around someone sick with the disease handle samples with an extreme degree of caution adequate sterilization of medical equipment
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Universal precaution: proper disposal of medical waste, contaminated utensils and materials
quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Universal precaution: environment and materials proper disposal of dead victims
quaint consultants Prevention:Universal precaution:
quaint consultants Safe Burial Rites/ Cremation
It’s In Your Hands: Be Warned!Be Vigilant!! Be Protected!!!Be Safe!!!!
Thank You For Your Attention