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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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  1. quaint consultants (EVD) By Dr Lekan Adelakun Impact Healthserve Ltd Quaint Consultants (Advocacy For Health And Safety Programmes) Tel: 08033444024, 08058095885

  2. 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

  3. quaint consultants Data: August 6

  4. quaint consultants Data: August 12 No of infected persons: 1838 No of deaths: 1013 ……..WHO

  5. quaint consultants Data: August 20 No of infected persons: 2614 No of deaths: 1427 ……..WHO

  6. quaint consultants Data: August 29 No of infected persons: 3069 No of deaths: 1572 ……..WHO

  7. quaint consultants Ebola In Nigeria! Lagos: Quick Response Contact Tracing Team Treatment Centre 13 cases, 5 deaths Lagos: 159 of 331 under surveillance

  8. 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

  9. Ebolavirus ecology

  10. quaint consultants Modes of transmission Fruit bats Animals: monkeys, apes, gorillas,forest antelopes Human Human

  11. 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

  12. Clinical Features • Fever, sore throat, cough, hiccups, chest & abdominal pain, muscle pains, headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting, rash and diarrhea

  13. 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

  14. 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]

  15. quaint consultants Diagnosis Blood test for EBV antibodies, RNA Confirmation: Isolating the virus]

  16. 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

  17. 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)

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Drug Zmapp

  21. 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

  22. What Works

  23. What Doesn’t!

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Nos to call: 08023169485 08023213333 08033086660 08055329229 08055281442 08033065303 Help Line: 0800326524357 or 0800EBOLAHELP

  27. 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

  28. quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human

  29. quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Universal precaution: proper disposal of medical waste, contaminated utensils and materials

  30. quaint consultants Prevention:b, Human Human Universal precaution: environment and materials proper disposal of dead victims

  31. quaint consultants Prevention:Universal precaution:

  32. quaint consultants Safe Burial Rites/ Cremation

  33. It’s In Your Hands: Be Warned!Be Vigilant!! Be Protected!!!Be Safe!!!!

  34. Thank You For Your Attention

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