Nigeria-eat Severe Malaria As Ebola, FCT PHCDB Tells Health Workers

By Igho Oyoyo
— Aug 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

The executive secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board (PHCDB), Dr Rilwan Mohammed, has adviced health workers in the six area council of Abuja, especially those at the rural communities to treat all cases of severe malaria as Ebola virus Disease (EVD).
Speaking during a training and sensitisation programme for health workers in the FCT, Mohammed urged health personnel to treat patients with severe malaria; that is vomiting or has diarrhea and is bleeding, as possible EVC carriers and, as such, should protect themselves before attending to such patients until it is proven otherwise.
The PHCDB boss said that there are 1712 suspected cases of Ebola virus worldwide, while there are 922 people infected presently and there are seven confirmed cases in Nigeria.
He said, “the FCTA is prepared to fight the outbreak of the virus, which is why we are organisi...http://leadership.ng/news/380667/tre...health-workers