Ivory Coast: the Ebola plan ready to be put in place
A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine in Gueckedou, Guinea on February 23, 2021 (Illustrative image).
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Since the announcement on Saturday August 14 of a case of the Ebola virus disease, health services and actors intervening in epidemics have been mobilized.
The response is underway and is strengthening.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Health developed with partners such as WHO, the World Bank, Unicef, the Red Cross a prevention plan and others a plan.
It will be deployed from Tuesday across the country.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan
,
Jean-Luc Aplogan
The plan has two components, prevention and response.
The
18-year-
old woman
is in isolation and cared for at the Treichville CHU center.
On Sunday August 15, 5,000 anti-Ebola vaccines arrived in Abidjan from Guinea.
The "
target groups
", health personnel, the police at border posts, where the patient has passed and those who have traveled with her, will be vaccinated.
Her route has been identified, she arrived from Guinea by bus by road, a trip that ended in Abidjan with 32 passengers.
Information campaign
This Monday, a big communication campaign starts, the prefects, the opinion leaders, the media, the town criers are planned in the device.
50,000 posters and giant panels disseminating awareness messages will be produced.
Green numbers will be activated for the cause.
►Also read: Ebola: the story of a killer virus, in an infographic
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Ivory Coast
Health and medicine
Ebola
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