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2 important factors which helped were 1) The health workers who treated the index patient were a major factor in preventing the spread of Ebola to the rest of
by NearAP 12y ago
2 important factors which helped were
1) The health workers who treated the index patient were a major factor in preventing the spread of Ebola to the rest of the city. This is because the index patient initially lied he had been in contact with an Ebola patient, the Liberian Ambassador tried to pressurize the hospital into releasing the patient to attend a conference in another state. The doctors treating him refused and 2 of them died after contacting the virus.
2) A group of volunteers set up a website [1] to pass across information to the public. Their aim was to stop the spread of false information, reduce panic and help socialize government message about Ebola. Stars of the Nigerian film industry (AKA Nollywood) also helped in the media campaign.
http://www.ebolaalert.org/ http://www.ebolaalert.org/
- segmondy 12y agoYou will be right if the disease never left the hospital. The disease did leave the hospital, some people that got it, ran off to other cities and they had to be found and brought back. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/us-health-ebola-nigeria-enugu-idUSKBN0GD1F220140813 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/us-health-ebola-ni... The group/government working on this really did their part.
- tadeoyerinde 12y agoNearAP is right- information is and was key, and Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone would do well to follow suit. An alarming amount of people think that bathing with saltwater prevents infection. http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/12/339638348/pray-over-hot-salt-water-then-bathe-in-it-an-anti-ebola-ritual http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/12/339638348/p...
- NearAP 12y ago1) In my comment, I was referring to the index patient who wanted to be discharged but the hospital refused to. 2) The person referred to in the article was one of the nurses who attended to the index patient. After it was confirmed that the index patient had Ebola, all those who came into contact with him (including the medical personnel who treated him) were isolated. One of them (the nurse in the article)'broke off' and went to another city. When the Government found out, they brought her back to Lagos in a 'special vehicle'. Some of the other medical personnel (who were in isolation) later tested positive for the virus and some of them died.