US WELCOME SURVIVORS BACK
Leader of
the team of medical experts from the United States Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention deployed in Nigeria, Dr. John Vertefeuille, has
said that the country is in a “fairly stable period” of the outbreak.
The Johns Hopkins University trained epidemiologist stated that the
discharge of five patients who had been undergoing treatment for the
Ebola virus disease was a pointer to the “incredible job” done by the
Nigerian health authorities and its foreign partners, especially the US
government.
Vertefeuille spoke in Lagos on Tuesday during a
press conference jointly addressed by him and the US Consul General,
Jeffrey Hawkins.
Vertefeuille, who heads a team of eight
American disease detectives helping to combat the EVD in Nigeria,
however, stated that Nigerians should not stigmatise the survivors.
The survivors included three doctors, a nurse and a patient who was at
the First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos, when Sawyer’s case was
being managed.
According to the American expert, the five
survivors are not at risk of transmitting the disease to any members of
their communities.
Although he insisted that there was no cure
for Ebola, he noted that there is effective treatment for the highly
contagious disease.
He said, “Because of the nature of Ebola,
there is actually a very specific plan that is followed before a patient
is discharged, and by the time the patient is discharged, they are not
at risk of transmitting the disease in the community.
“The
assessment includes some periods of doing clinically well, being
monitored for several days to ensure that the symptoms have subsided
alongside laboratory testing to ensure that we are not seeing the virus
in the blood.
“It is a very positive story and we hope the
community will welcome back those coming out of the facility (Infectious
Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos) and that, like any other disease, they
went through the EVD and survived it.”
Vertefeuille noted that
some instructions have been clearly given to the survivors on how they
should protect themselves as they go through their wellness period.
He said that the US Mission in Nigeria, in collaboration with the
Nigerian health authorities have put in place a social support system to
help the survivors overcome stigmatisation as they re-enter their
communities.
8/20/2014
US WELCOME SURVIVORS BACK
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