Reasonable Rascal
06-30-02, 17:39
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Date: Sat 29 Jun 2002
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO) Disease Outbreaks Report, Fri 28 Jun 2002 [edited]
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Suspected acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Gabon - WHO Update
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Following the investigation by a team from the Gabonese Ministry of Health and WHO of reports of 2 deaths of suspected acute haemorrhagic fever
syndrome in Zadie district, Ogooue-Ivindo Province (see: Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon: suspected 20020624.4593), the Ministry of Health has
established a Comite de Coodination et de Gestion de l'Epidemie with the administrative and health authorities from Zadie district and WHO staff from
the WHO sub-Regional Epidemic Response Team. Four teams have been formed: epidemiology and surveillance, case management, hygiene and sanitation and social mobilization. The 4 teams have provided training to local nurses'
assistants, health and community workers.
Thirty contacts of the 2 suspected cases will be actively followed up and public education activities will be intensified.
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
Date: Sat 29 Jun 2002
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO) Disease Outbreaks Report, Fri 28 Jun 2002 [edited]
<http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/n2002/june/28ajune2002.html>
Suspected acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Gabon - WHO Update
--------------------------------------------------
Following the investigation by a team from the Gabonese Ministry of Health and WHO of reports of 2 deaths of suspected acute haemorrhagic fever
syndrome in Zadie district, Ogooue-Ivindo Province (see: Ebola hemorrhagic fever - Gabon: suspected 20020624.4593), the Ministry of Health has
established a Comite de Coodination et de Gestion de l'Epidemie with the administrative and health authorities from Zadie district and WHO staff from
the WHO sub-Regional Epidemic Response Team. Four teams have been formed: epidemiology and surveillance, case management, hygiene and sanitation and social mobilization. The 4 teams have provided training to local nurses'
assistants, health and community workers.
Thirty contacts of the 2 suspected cases will be actively followed up and public education activities will be intensified.