Ministry of health to train and deploy #Ebola scouts

The Director General of Health Services, Dr. Denis Lwamafa has revealed that in an effort to improve Ebola surveillance, the ministry of health will this week recruit and train scouts to monitor and education the public on Ebola.
He says that the Village Health Teams will be incorporated in the fight against Ebola through monitoring for people suffering from illnesses with Ebola signs and symptoms.
Dr. Lwamafa revealed this during a training session of all health workers in Kibaale district at Kagadi hospital.
The move comes at a time when the political leaders in the district were urging government to increase the awareness campaigns to prevent the spread of Ebola.
The director told the media after the training that they have managed to contain the disease because since Saturday there is no more deaths reported both at Kagadi hospital and the country at large.
He says that the whole of yesterday medical teams spent the day searching for Ebola patents in the district and only one was brought to the Isolation centre at Kagadi hospital.   http://www.ugpulse.com/uganda-news/health/ministry-of-health-to-train-and-deploy-ebola-scouts/26510.aspx