Update on the Ebola virus disease in DRC, No. 6 - 1st September 2014

Coordination

  • Response coordinated by Dr Benoît Kebela from the Ministry of Public Health and expert in Ebola who is on his way towards Lokolia (Equateur province), epicentre of the disease

  • Response supported by humanitarian UN agencies and NGOs

  • Communication of guidelines on appropriate conduct carried out by clinicians in the areas affected by the epidemics:

    • Surgeries and injections to be reduced to the minimum for three weeks
    • Vaccination activities to be postponed
    • Malaria rapid diagnostics to be suspended

Security and logistics

The following items/personnel have been made available:

  • Cargo transport (UNHAS, Aviation without Borders and MONUSCO)

  • Technical personnel (WFP and MONUSCO)

  • Tents (WFP and UNICEF)

  • Generators, refrigerators, VSAT and Thurayas (UNICEF)

  • Vehicles (UNICEF and MONUSCO)