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7. What can I do? Can it be prevented? Is there a vaccine?

Currently, there is no licensed medicine or vaccine for Ebola virus disease, but several products are under development.

Ways to prevent infection and transmission
While initial cases of Ebola virus disease are contracted by handling infected animals or carcasses, secondary cases occur by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an ill person, either through unsafe case management or unsafe burial practices. During this outbreak, most of the disease has spread through human-to-human transmission. Several steps can be taken to help in preventing infection and limiting or stopping transmission.

[b]Understand the nature of the disease, how it is transmitted, [/b]and how to prevent it from spreading further. (For additional information, please see the previous questions about Ebola virus disease in this FAQ.)
Listen to and follow directives issued by your country’s respective Ministry of Health.
If you suspect someone close to you or in your community of having Ebola virus disease, encourage and support them in seeking appropriate medical treatment in a care facility.
If you choose to care for an ill person in your home, notify public health officials of your intentions so they can train you and provide appropriate gloves and personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as instructions as a reminder on how to properly care for the patient, protect yourself and your family, and properly dispose of the PPE after use. N.B. WHO does not recommend home care and strongly advises individuals and their family members to seek professional care in a treatment centre.
[b]When visiting patients in the hospital or caring for someone at home, hand washing with soap and water is recommended after touching a patient, being in contact with their bodily fluids, or touching his/her surroundings.
[/b]People who have died from Ebola should only be handled using appropriate protective equipment and should be buried immediately.
Additionally, individuals should reduce contact with high-risk infected animals (i.e. fruit bats, monkeys or apes) in the affected rainforest areas. If you suspect an animal is infected, do not handle it. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before eating.

3. Who is most at risk?

During an outbreak, those at higher risk of infection are:

health workers;
family members or others in close contact with infected people;
mourners who have direct contact with the bodies of the deceased as part of burial ceremonies.
More research is needed to understand if some groups, such as immuno-compromised people or those with other underlying health conditions, are more susceptible than others to contracting the virus.

Exposure to the virus can be controlled through the use of protective measures in clinics and hospitals, at community gatherings, or at home.

Additional transmission has occurred in communities during funerals and burial rituals. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person have played a role in the transmission of Ebola. Persons who have died of Ebola must be handled using strong protective clothing and gloves and must be buried immediately. WHO advises that the deceased be handled and buried by trained case management professionals, who are equipped to properly bury the dead.

People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. For this reason, infected patients receive close monitoring from medical professionals and receive laboratory tests to ensure the virus is no longer circulating in their systems before they return home. When the medical professionals determine it is okay for the patient to return home, they are no longer infectious and cannot infect anyone else in their communities. Men who have recovered from the illness can still spread the virus to their partner through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery. For this reason, it is important for men to avoid sexual intercourse for at least 7 weeks after recovery or to wear condoms if having sexual intercourse during 7 weeks after recovery.

Generally, a person must come into contact with an animal that has Ebola and it can then spread within the community from human to human.

1. What is Ebola virus disease?
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Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).

Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the other in a remote area of Sudan.

The origin of the virus is unknown but fruit bats (Pteropodidae) are considered the likely host of the Ebola virus, based on available evidence.

2. How do people become infected with the virus?

In the current outbreak in West Africa, the majority of cases in humans have occurred as a result of human-to-human transmission.

Infection occurs from direct contact through broken skin or mucous membranes with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people. Infection can also occur if broken skin or mucous membranes of a healthy person come into contact with environments that have become contaminated with an Ebola patient’s infectious fluids such as soiled clothing, bed linen, or used needles.

Crap!

So the mallam was clueless all along.

OP are you well at all?

You just open a silly thread to garner attention.

SirShymex: I'm loving this. Thumps up for the insightful post. Honestly, if the overwhelming majority of the people are practitioners of a particular religion, and the religion is intertwined with their identity - there's absolutely nothing wrong in the state and religion working together as a single entity. That was what all Western societies were built on because Christianity represented the indentity of the people(who they're). However, these days because of globalisation, and multi-culturalism, it's more covert and not as overt as it used to be. But almost everything that governs them still has those Christian values.

For a country like Nigeria where the two prominent religions are evenly distributed and neither represent the identity of the people, then both have to be regulated, and banned in certain aspects of the society - to enable co-existence. I hate to say this: but Islam is more or less a cancer due to the aggressive nature of the practitioners and the doctrine, especially whenever it has to compete with other religions for supremacy. And Christianity on the other hand in Africa is more or less a tumour, due to its non-aggressive nature albeit still problematic because of the faux hope based on faith it gives the people. Also, I think the reason why African Christians aren't that aggressive is because most Africans are more into pentecostalism, and the doctrine isn't aggressive. Even those who're into the traditional Christian Churches don't dwell on the core aspects of it.

There are a lot of countries with demographics that are somewhat similar to Nigeria. UK for example is somewhat similar to Nigeria albeit England is far bigger than the rest. However, the system of government kind of creates a balance. Ditto Canada and the different provinces; Belgium and the regional government with the French and Dutch parts; Mainland China and Hong Kong etc.. I can even break the whole of Western Europe down into how they've been able to manage the ethnic differences in most countries. Most countries in Europe have an overwhelming majority of a certain Indo-European ethnic group, with other Indo-European minorities. However, what they did with a federalised structure is to give semi-autonomy to these minority groups. For example in Italy, Sicily is a semi-autonomous part of Italy. Almost all the regions in Spain are autonomous etc.. That's basically why most countries in Europe are thriving and co-existing peacefully - and no group is forcing its opinions on the others.

Furthermore, 8 years isn't a that short...you can lay a solid foundation within that period while purging the system off the old guards, for continuity. And trust me, once you get certain things in place, it'll be difficult to reverse. However, the best way it can happen is via an authoritarian regime that doesn't really have to deal with so much bureaucracy, especially the legislative and judiciary arms of government. Let's say you substitute the problematic and destructive centralised system of government, for a confederation, or different semi-autonomous regions in a federalised structure - no one will be able to reverse that in a long time. Ditto if you were to change the school curriculum, and the new curriculum yielded positive results during your 8-year tenure.

Finally, for what I'll do if I were to be Nigeria's president - I honestly won't get into that. For that, I'll have to write a book like Gadaffi's "Green Book." I'm more of a Che Guevara, not a Fidel Castro...pulling the strings from behind the scene is my forte. I'm a ghost.

Nice.

I mostly agree with you, however I think most countries in Europe are much more homogeneous than Nigeria.
For one they are mostly monolingual.

Whether he jumped quarantine or not.
He was well aware that he had contact with a very sick Ebola patient and yet he hopped on a plane.

atlwireles: Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,[/b] who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998 -

[b]Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.


Thisday 9 June 2008

Tufiakwa!!

This is who APC is fronting as presidential flag bearer.
Disgusting.

Empiree: op, world is not fair. you too probably don't hear about Muslims being driven out of their homes in China, Philippines, Myanmar and other places we don't even know. Just pray for your Christian brothers and sisters that Allah have mercy on them. Wake up in the middle of the night and pray for them even if it's for just 5 mins. Prayer that you offer for others in your language in your privacy is the most sincere affection for them. But complaining on net is not sincere and doesn't worth it. That's just public stunt

Well I just find it very weird that Aljazeera has kept mute on a current crisis that even the pope has spoken out against and all major media houses have as headlines.
Thousands of Christians are fleeing their homes as we speak.

In fact this is what Aljazeera reported....
Sunni Muslims are making gains in Iraq

Is that not plain madness?

APC makes me sick.



Why should they be so desperate to hold unto power?

I just decided to catch the international news headlines and tuned to CNN what I saw as the first report was the story of Christians fleeing the major Christian city in Iraq due to the ISIS crisis.


I tuned to Aljazeera and for sure what I saw was the news of the loss of lives in the Gaza conflict.

This pattern of reporting adopted by the international press where a story is made "big" or swept under the carpet depending on whom it favours is becoming increasingly worrisome.

As I watched on CNN had later moved on to the Gaza story though with a focus on how HAMAS is planning to resume attack rather than the humanitarian crisis.

While Aljazeera is yet to mention anything about ISIS.

Once a tout always a tout.

We do not have the resources to do that.

It will also lead to panic and the economic blow back will be devastating.

This cannot be right how can Yoruba outnumber Igbos?

I thought Igbos commit all the crime.



Now Yoruba have nothing again to use and accuse Igbos

Talk about swallowing one's vomitus.

APC and clueless hasty decisions.
At least he was man chicken enough to admit

The fear of APC failure in the upcoming elections.

ROSSIKE: You're the one that's not thinking straight. It's not just about "buying faster trains". You need a system that can easily accommodate such trains, which are basically electric trains, and hence, a more solid electricity infrastructure will be required. That's probably a couple of years off, so be patient.

You have just said it all.

Trains that go at very fast speeds are invariably electric and we still deficient in power supply.

Many countries are beginning to show serious interest in power investment in African, including US, and Sweden(who is looking to put in up to $2B). Also Dangote and Blackstone.
That will usher in the real economic boom.

OP
If I may ask who is going cap in hand now?

okparaugo: This is not yorubaland.

Every south westerner is from Lagos state...

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Dangote is heading towards becoming the world's richest man.

I am glad he is doing so by investing in Nigeria.

Very good move by Obiano.

This has been one of the greatest deterrents to kidnapping in the state.

Since it was started by Peter Obi.

customized07: are we expected to take tunde salami serious?

They say we shouldn't talk ill of the dead.

But what did Patrick Sawyer have in mind boarding an international flight when he was fully aware that he had been in close contact with a symptomatic infected person and was showing symptoms himself.

Was it a deliberate act?

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ebola-lagos-traces-persons-who-made-contact-with-infected-doctor/185503/
Panic Spreads as Lab Results are Awaited

Despite the attempt by the Lagos State Government to allay concerns, panic among Nigerians continued to spread yesterday over the spectre of the disease.


This was not helped by the fact that the authorities chose to remain mute on the laboratory results of seven other persons who had been quarantined in a ward in Lagos.


OP please change your topic to feared positive.




Till they are confirmed.

WIZGUY69: hmmmmmmmm........... it's well
the synonyms for POVERTY is IBO

Why are you putting up pictures of Ibadan and Oshogbo with fake names?

AkinEgba: Getting serious.........

It's more like Nigeria being the economic giant of Africa, but average Botswanans (for example) enjoy better and worthier living standards than average Nigerians. Large population is good only when majority of the people are productive and contributing to the economy. That is not the case in Nigeria, at least for now. With a relatively smaller population and a productive one at that (as with Aba and Onitsha) poverty is sure to be low.

For once, I wish Nigeria has no oil so that out of necessity our big population will be matched with the expected productivity level. Otherwise, we should work towards serious population control to match the current productivity level.

Fact.

AkinEgba: What is ogbomosho doing in this list? Sometimes (not everytime) Oyibo people can lie. They did in this case

Some one bail me out with a mention of one robust company in Ogbomosho

They are just being courteous.