Stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus
Disease, EVD, into America, the United States’
Center for Disease Control and Prevention has
despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria
contained the killer disease.
The US reported on Tuesday that it has
discovered a case of EVD in Dallas, Texas, but
its health officials said “the crisis is under
control and the public has nothing to fear.”
A statement released by US CDC Director Tom
Frieden said “it’s clear the nation needs a quick
and thorough response to its first Ebola patient”
He said although Nigeria was not completely out
of the woods, “their extensive response to a
single case of Ebola shows that control is
possible with rapid, focused interventions.”
Apart from Nigeria, the US will also visit Senegal
to study its model.
Frieden said “the best practices in Nigeria and
Senegal suggest the U.S. should monitor all
individuals who may have been exposed to Ebola
and establish a dedicated management and
response system.”
Senegal has had no new reported cases of Ebola
since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has not reported
new ones since August 31,
US health officials are expected in Nigeria which
it claimed had the best practices in combating
Ebola Virus disease which entered into Nigeria
through Liberian born American citizen Mr.
Patrick Sawyer whose index case was reported
on July 20, 2014. Nigeria is expected to
officially announce today that the remaining two
potential Ebola patients will exit the 21-day
observation period.
How Nigeria stopped the spread of Ebola
According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported
case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick
Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed
72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s
Health officials quickly issued notifications and
tracked everybody who may have been in
contact with Sawyer.
“Nigeria also established an Ebola Incident
Management Center to handle the potential
outbreak and developed a staffing plan that
executed a social mobilization strategy that
reached more than 26,000 households of people
living around the contacts of Ebola patients,”
The deadly virus has killed more than 3,000
people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in the
largest outbreak ever recorded.
How Senegal contained Ebola
Senegal confirmed its first Ebola case Aug. 29
after a man, travelling from Guinea on Aug. 14,
took ill and showed symptoms of the disease.
This prompted a quick response, including an
experienced and trained staff that was prepared
to contain the Ebola outbreak. The procedure
led to the identification of 67 contacts who were
placed under quarantine, monitored for 21 days
and showed no symptoms of Ebola.
Panic in America
The man who imported Ebola into US was found
to have travelled to Liberia without informing
the authorities and did not disclose the nature of
his ailment to the nurse that attended to him.
Reports from Texas yesterday said that the
Nurse who attended to the man has also taken
ill for Ebola in Texas.
A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian said
the patient had walked into a Dallas emergency
room on September 26, without knowing that he
contacted the deadly virus and left after he was
treated. He then returned to the facility on
September 28 where it was determined he likely
had Ebola and was isolated. He tested positive
Tuesday, health officials said.
Following the lapse on the part of the hospital
officials, questions are being asked amid panic
across the country. The CDC has thus advised
that all medical facilities should ask for patients
with symptoms consistent with Ebola for their
travel history.

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/us-sends-medical-experts-study-nigeria-tamed-ebola/

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Nigeria is greater than USA ontop Ebola matter