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Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Exjoker(m): 11:05am On Oct 22, 2014 |
According to reports, following new cases of the Ebola virus in Spain, researchers are looking to Nigeria’s utilisation of 21st Century technology to study exactly how Africa’s most populous country was able to contain the deadly disease. The Ebola outbreak hit Nigeria in July when Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American, flew into Lagos plagued by the virus, contagious and nearing his last days. The initial outbreak fueled health officials’ concern about the country’s ability to control the virus. After all, Lagos is Africa’s largest city and a major transportation hub. On August 8, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared a national emergency. In response, health officials distributed informational leaflets and posted billboards in multiple local languages to educate Nigerian citizens on preventive measures and virus symptoms. Health officials immediately understood their main priority was to track any individual that came into contact with the index case. Officials placed Sawyer in isolation and started tracking down every person he had recently come in contact with. According to News Agency of Nigeria, all who came in contact with Sawyer – more than 280 residents – were required to provide Nigerian authorities with updates twice-a-day about their current health status. Individuals who displayed symptoms or failed to respond were checked on by a neighborhood network or health workers. In total, contact officials made more than 18,500 home visits to the potentially exposed. Through all of this, Nigeria focused on technology as a critical and proactive tool to help combat the spread of the virus. Health workers monitoring suspected cases armed themselves with mobile phones and an Android application that helped reduce reporting time, which can normally take up to 12 hours. The technology decreased reporting time to six hours before being reduced to almost nothing. The app and phones that made the real-time updates possible were provided by eHealth and Information Systems Nigeria, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based non-profit research company that operates in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. A group of volunteers partnered with the government and created Ebola Alert, which used Facebook and Twitter to educate Nigerians about the illness. Google Inc.’s Nigerian unit organised training sessions for journalists on how to use Google Trends to identify the top questions the public had about the disease. Laboratory technicians conducting tests were also given tablets to scan and upload results to the emergency center data base. In turn, field teams received text-message alerts on their phones informing them of the results immediately. Tom Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has publicly stated Nigeria’s “extensive response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions.” Dr. Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), personally congratulated President Jonathan on the successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country and for effectively halting transmission of poliomyelitis. After more than two months of closely monitoring the situation, Nigerian health officials are confident the virus has been contained. The Nigerian government remains strongly committed to providing guidance and expertise to other countries that are battling the virus. http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2014/10/researchers-looking-to-nigeria-for-tech-to-suppress-ebola/ |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by mrofficial(m): 11:07am On Oct 22, 2014 |
Nobody wants to die in Nigeria. That was all it took. 2 Likes |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by brownlord: 11:15am On Oct 22, 2014 |
They should continue their research, shei we are black monkeys, dull and nothing good can come out of our country except black gold? Useless hypocrites, when they where blabbing and discrediting every effort we made to contain the virus calling every pesticide, insecticide they wanted a situation we come kneel down and beg with oyel. God bless Nigeria, except the useless polithiefcians |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Exjoker(m): 11:30am On Oct 22, 2014 |
brownlord:We did a great job this time around but I hope we can handle future threats next time |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Dewze(m): 1:42pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
All these happened in Nigeria? Wow! It is like the op is describing a hollywood movie. It feels ironically good to know that all these happened under the 'clueless' one. Nigerians should begin to name thier children 'clueless', cause it seem the word has taken a different meaning under Jonathan. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by iterator25: 2:37pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
una don de add ponmo, shaky and salt for the story abi? |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Exjoker(m): 4:57pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
iterator25:Lol...That is the fact bro |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Exjoker(m): 5:01pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
Dewze:I don't do politic bro, but Instead of coming here to pour out poo, I will rather allow my vote do it for me comes 2015 |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Nobody: 5:12pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
They will have to look for it till eternity Tech? Tell me another story. Btw do you mean technology or technique? I'ld advise them to look for the latter. |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Dewze(m): 5:52pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
Exjoker:Goodluck with that. |
Re: Researchers Looking To Nigeriafor Tech To Suppress Ebola by Dewze(m): 5:58pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
iterator25:lol. if you no fear Nigeria, who you go fear? |
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