Unamid takes precautions against Ebola
Unamid has been monitoring the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa since its onset in early 2014, and is coordinating its prevention measures with the World Health Organisation (WHO), and other international bodies. WHO so far has not imposed restrictions on travel to and from the countries where cases of Ebola have been recorded, as the disease is not airborne, Unamid reported in an Information Note on Thursday. WHO identified three groups that are at risk of contracting the disease: individuals having had close contact or consumed infected animals or their raw flesh, healthcare workers, such as doctors and nurses, and people who are in close constant contact with visibly ill patients. Unamid’s Medical Section has put in place a strict set of measures to prevent the risks related to Ebola. As such, in a three-stage verification process, all Unamid staff travelling to and from West Africa have to undergo strict medical procedures with UN-certified medical staff, prior to their departure to West Africa, prior to their return to the Mission, and upon their return to the Mission.There are no recorded cases of Ebola among Unamid’s personnel. File photo: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff attend an Ebola patient inside an isolation ward in Bundibugyo, Uganda, December 2007 (MSF)
Unamid has been monitoring the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa since its onset in early 2014, and is coordinating its prevention measures with the World Health Organisation (WHO), and other international bodies.
WHO so far has not imposed restrictions on travel to and from the countries where cases of Ebola have been recorded, as the disease is not airborne, Unamid reported in an Information Note on Thursday.
WHO identified three groups that are at risk of contracting the disease: individuals having had close contact or consumed infected animals or their raw flesh, healthcare workers, such as doctors and nurses, and people who are in close constant contact with visibly ill patients.
Unamid’s Medical Section has put in place a strict set of measures to prevent the risks related to Ebola. As such, in a three-stage verification process, all Unamid staff travelling to and from West Africa have to undergo strict medical procedures with UN-certified medical staff, prior to their departure to West Africa, prior to their return to the Mission, and upon their return to the Mission.
There are no recorded cases of Ebola among Unamid’s personnel.
File photo: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff attend an Ebola patient inside an isolation ward in Bundibugyo, Uganda, December 2007 (MSF)
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