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STAFF HEALTH and EBOLA. BEFORE – DURING – AFTER your mission: YOUR HEALTH IS AND MUST REMAIN YOUR PRIORITY. BEFORE your mission BE READY ! « PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY ». BEFORE your mission BE R EADY! PHYSICALLY. MEDICAL ADVISE. ALL VACCINATIONS UPDATED. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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STAFF HEALTH and EBOLA
BEFORE – DURING – AFTERyour mission:
YOUR HEALTH IS AND MUST REMAIN
YOUR PRIORITY
BEFORE your mission
BE READY!
« PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY »
BEFORE your missionBE READY! PHYSICALLY
MEDICAL ADVISE
ALL VACCINATIONS UPDATED
BEFORE your missionBE READY! MENTALLY
« Be rested, be well informed, foresee your return »
Stigmatization
Schoking symptoms
Population not welcoming you
corpses
Fear of being contaminated
Feeling to be a ‘drop in the ocean’
Family thinking
No treatment
READ ALL THE BRIEFINGS DOCUMENTS !!!!!
And… talk with your family and friends
BEFORE you go
DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY: Avoid all diseases
(Ebola and not Ebola)
No contactno handshakes - no kiss – no hug – no sex – no shared objects (glasses, plates…) – no…no … no one ….
Clean water - food
Follow Specific precautions PPE … Care givers/Patients flow….
Malaria prophylaxis mandatory
SICK ON MISSION? ROLE OF HEALTH REFERENT
HEALTH REFERENT IN EVERY PROJECT(Liaise with Coordination and BXL)
24/7« you‘ll all have some ebola symptoms »
Report him/her all health problems you have
Report all ‘fluids’ incidents: yours and others’
DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY
!!MEDEVAC of Ebola positive NOT GUARANTEED!!
Evacuate before symptoms (< 48h)
Inform immediately your health referent in case of incident
DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY
AVOID INCIDENTSYOUR BEST PROTECTION = YOUR CONCENTRATION
LISTEN TO YOURSELF:
REST - ASK FOR REST – SHORTEN/DO NOT EXTEND if you do not feel it
« You are not in a hurry to die »« Better fired than dead »
AFTER YOUR MISSIONface to face debriefings
2 steps:
21 days follow up: evaluation of the riskNO QUARANTINE NEEDED
Systematic return talk with psychologist
AFTER YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY
21 days follow up
« If you have followed the specific protection measures »
PROBABILITY TO DEVELOP EBOLA IS +/- 0
PROBABILITY TO PANIC in case of fever IS HIGH Avoid falling sick (Rest, malaria prophylaxis,
>< sick persons and crowds…. ) Stay close to reference hospital identified – (see
organisation or MOH recommendation)
LASSA FEVER Endemic zone
GUEKEDOU – FOYA – BO - KAILAHUN
Up to now, ‘no’ identified cases in Guinea and Liberia
Transmission:Direct/indirect through fluids of sick patientRats Excreta (urine – stools) Dust – Stocks -
Existing treament (Ribavirin)Same protection than for Ebola + Hygiene (food / stocks)
« Up to now,
more than 200 expat staff went on ebola mission,
No incident »