STAFF HEALTH and EBOLA

BEFORE – DURING – AFTERyour mission:

YOUR HEALTH IS AND MUST REMAIN

YOUR PRIORITY

BEFORE your mission

BE READY!

« PHYSICALLY and MENTALLY »

BEFORE your missionBE READY! PHYSICALLY

MEDICAL ADVISE

ALL VACCINATIONS UPDATED

BEFORE your missionBE READY! MENTALLY

« Be rested, be well informed, foresee your return »

 Stigmatization

Schoking symptoms

Population not welcoming you

corpses

Fear of being contaminated

Feeling to be a ‘drop in the ocean’

Family thinking

No treatment

READ ALL THE BRIEFINGS DOCUMENTS !!!!!

And… talk with your family and friends

BEFORE you go

DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY: Avoid all diseases

(Ebola and not Ebola)

No contactno handshakes - no kiss – no hug – no sex – no shared objects (glasses, plates…) – no…no … no one ….

Clean water - food

Follow Specific precautions PPE … Care givers/Patients flow….

Malaria prophylaxis mandatory

SICK ON MISSION? ROLE OF HEALTH REFERENT

HEALTH REFERENT IN EVERY PROJECT(Liaise with Coordination and BXL)

24/7« you‘ll all have some ebola symptoms »

Report him/her all health problems you have

Report all ‘fluids’ incidents: yours and others’

DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY

!!MEDEVAC of Ebola positive NOT GUARANTEED!!

Evacuate before symptoms (< 48h)

Inform immediately your health referent in case of incident

DURING YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY

AVOID INCIDENTSYOUR BEST PROTECTION = YOUR CONCENTRATION

LISTEN TO YOURSELF:

REST - ASK FOR REST – SHORTEN/DO NOT EXTEND if you do not feel it

« You are not in a hurry to die »« Better fired than dead »

AFTER YOUR MISSIONface to face debriefings

2 steps:

21 days follow up: evaluation of the riskNO QUARANTINE NEEDED

Systematic return talk with psychologist

AFTER YOUR MISSIONSTAY HEALTHY

21 days follow up

« If you have followed the specific protection measures »

PROBABILITY TO DEVELOP EBOLA IS +/- 0

PROBABILITY TO PANIC in case of fever IS HIGH Avoid falling sick (Rest, malaria prophylaxis,

>< sick persons and crowds…. ) Stay close to reference hospital identified – (see

organisation or MOH recommendation)

LASSA FEVER Endemic zone

GUEKEDOU – FOYA – BO - KAILAHUN

Up to now, ‘no’ identified cases in Guinea and Liberia

Transmission:Direct/indirect through fluids of sick patientRats Excreta (urine – stools) Dust – Stocks -

Existing treament (Ribavirin)Same protection than for Ebola + Hygiene (food / stocks)

« Up to now, 

more than 200 expat staff went on ebola mission,

No incident »