Update on the Ebola virus disease in DRC, No. 8 - 5 September 2014
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Ongoing activities
- Training of caregivers on psychology in 10 large hospitals in Kinshasa to professionally prepare them in case of alerts in Kinshasa
- Sensitizing of chiefs of the Muslim and Kimbanguist communities to ensure transmission of messages
- Listing of ports which could be temporarily closed in order to ensure an effective control of the possible suspected cases
WFP
- Deploying personnel in Mbandaka for logistic coordination
MSF
- Sending 27 tonnes of medical and protection kits
- Deploying 6 ambulances
- Deploying 17 care givers in the field
- Setting up and operationalization of isolation centres in Boende and Lokolia