08.10.2012 ·
Efforts continue MSF and other organizations to tackle Ebola in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Case management, attention to family and psychosocial support have been a priority for MSF since it launched an emergency intervention in mid-August in the town of Isiro and vicinity.
MSF doctors are prepared to treat patients with Ebola in Congo © Teresa Sancristóval / MSF
The count of suspected cases indicates that 34 people have died since the beginning of the Ebola epidemic, according to the Congolese Ministry of Health. In the center of Isiro hospital treatment are currently four people entered. The staff of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are doing everything in their power to ensure the welfare of these patients.
"Many people have lost their lives, but we are glad we discharged six people after they recover completely," says Alfonso Verdú, MSF emergency coordinator in Isiro. Verdú detailing that since 11 September have confirmed 12 new cases of Ebola, the last one on September 27, so that intervention is far from over.
Together with the Ministry of Health in DRC and other bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Center for Disease Control, MSF is turning in the work to contain the outbreak. The humanitarian organization has increased community awareness activities, essential if the public is well informed about the virus and contribute to the extinction of the outbreak.
Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever vaccine without whose mortality rate ranges from 30% to 90%, and that was first detected in humans in 1976 in Zaire (now DRC ). http://msf.periodismohumano.com/2012/10/08/la-atencion-al-paciente-eje-de-la-intervencion-contra-el-ebola-en-congo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tunoticiaeslanoticia+%28Bottup+en+Periodismohumano.com%29
