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-thanks, Ursula -speaking about "communication" Ébola. Lecciones de éxitos en África. Quien difunde el mensaje es tan importante como el propio mensaje. *Ebola. Lessons from success in Africa. Who delivers the message is as important as the message being given out.* https://www.devex.com/news/ebola-communication-what-we-ve-learned-so-far-84559 -un saludo -juan gérvas 2014-10-19 8:35 GMT+02:00 Ursula Theuretzbacher <[log in to unmask]>: > Here is some information about the outbreak response in Nigeria: > http://promedmail.org/ > > Best regards, > > Ursula Theuretzbacher > > > > > > Ursula Theuretzbacher, Ph.D. > > Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Vienna, Austria > > www.utheuretzbacher.com > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Communicated by: > ProMED-mail > <[log in to unmask]> > [4] Nigeria: outbreak response > Date: Sat 18 Oct 2014 > From: Tamsin Dew <[log in to unmask]> [edited] > > A very impressive, transparent and enlightening talk was given at Imperial > College London last night [17 Oct 2014] by Mrs. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Team > Lead for Management & Coordination in the National Ebola Emergency > Operation Center, Nigeria; Chief of Office, UNICEF Lagos. I don't know how > much of this information is in the public eye already, but Mrs. Nyanti > described the Nigerian outbreak response in detail and I urge you to > contact her for further information about it. > > The response was co-ordinated by Ebola Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) > established in Lagos and Port Harcourt and involved heads of 6 different > teams (epi/surveillance, clinical management, organisation/management, etc) > reporting to a single Incident Manager, Dr Faisal Shuaib from the Federal > Ministry of Health/Nigerian CDC. Appointments were skills- and > motivation-driven, from a variety of state and federal government bodies > and technical partners (including MSF). Far-sighted governmental support, > strong leadership, and solid communication and co-operation between > different individuals and groups seem to have been critical. > > Daily team meetings and strategy group round tables were implemented and > all tasks were allocated, tracked and followed up daily. An isolation ward > was purpose built under guidance from MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres]. > Danger pay and risk-based life insurance policies were implemented for all > at-risk staff. A dedicated rumour line was established and all calls > responded to. A social mobilisation and communication team that targeted > neighbourhoods of contacts (using GIS to go house-to-house, radially) was > instrumental in reducing stigma and spreading important information about > the disease, as well as gathering additional leads. > > Mrs. Nyanti reports the following figures: > - 899 contacts traced (only 1 lost to follow-up) > - 20 cases, 8 deaths, CFR [case fatality rate] of 40 percent > - 1289 staff in Lagos and Port Harcourt EOC, including more than 300 in > epi/surveillance, more than 500 in social mobilisation/communication, more > than 300 at ports of entry, more than 100 in clinical care/case management, > more than 20 lab staff, and more than 20 in the management/coordination team > - no health workers involved with case management were infected. > reported by > Tamsin Dew > Imperial College, London (student) > UK > <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evidence based health (EBH) [ > mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Amy Price > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:53 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Ebola, no EBM screening at airports > > > > Agree but what are the reasonable cost effective EBM alternatives? How did > Nigeria stop the spread if indeed it actually has > > > > Best > > Amy > > > > On 10/18/14, 3:35 PM, "Juan Gérvas" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > >Ébola. El cribado de fiebre-síntomas en aeropuertos no sirve, es > > >inútil, da falsa sensación de seguridad. > > >Ebola. Airport screening does not work. It gives a false sense of > > >reassurance. > > >http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6202 > > >-attached, just in case > > >-un saludo > > >-juan gérvas > > >