What is the Ebola?
Ebola is a serious and often deadly disease. Symptoms include high fever and bleeding through body openings.
Ebola is very infectious, kills in a short time BUT can be prevented through early treatment with trained health professionals.
What are the signs and symptoms of Ebola?
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Sudden onset of fever
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Headache
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Intense body weakness
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Muscle pain
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Sore throat
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Vomiting
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Bloody diarrhoea or urine
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Bleeding from body openings
How does Ebola spread?
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Ebola is spread through direct physical contact with body fluids like blood, saliva, stool, vomit, urine and sweat of an infected person or animal.
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Ebola can also be spread through using skin piercing instruments that have been used by a person infected with Ebola.
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Ebola can also be transmitted through by touching people or animals that have died from Ebola
How can you protect yourself from Ebola?
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Report all suspected cases to the nearest health facility immediately.
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For further information send a FREE SMS to U-report on: 8500 or call toll-free on: 0800 100 066 in Uganda
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People who are suspected to have died from Ebola must be buried immediately, by a trained Ministry of Health burial team to prevent the spread of Ebola.
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Disinfect the bedding and clothing of any person suspected to have died from Ebola with JIK.
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Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water after handling a patient infected with Ebola or the body of a person who has died from Ebola.
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Avoid communal washing of hands during funeral rites.
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People suspected to be suffering from Ebola should be taken to the nearest health facility immediately.
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Avoid direct contact with body fluids of a person suspected to be suffering from Ebola by using protective
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People handling the body of a person who is suspected to have died of Ebola should wear strong protective materials like gloves and masks.
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Avoid touching or eating bush meat especially from monkeys, bats, baboons, gorillas and chimpanzees.
Read More
WHO _ Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo