Via Digitalcongo.net, a report from Actualite.CD: Ebola : Heads of Beni neighbourhoods equipped with cell phone to alert officials over suspected cases. The Google translation:
The Ministry of Health on Thursday, August 30, 2018, the heads of neighborhoods of the city of Beni (North Kivu) mobile phones as part of the response to the Ebola virus disease.
A total of 30 neighborhood leaders who benefited from this allocation to alert health officials about possible suspected cases.
"The grassroots authorities are our real partners in the response. We gave them the phones so they can alert us whenever there is an alert or suspicion. They are the guardians of the community, they each received a phone to raise awareness and especially report suspicious cases," said Dr. Oly Ilunga, Minister of Health.
Neighborhood leaders also visited the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) built at the Beni Reference General Hospital where patients are being cared for.
The epidemic has already killed about thirty people. Since vaccination began on August 8, 2018, 4,645 people have been vaccinated, including 2,372 in Mabalako, 1,135 in Beni, 1,017 in Mandima and 121 in Oicha.
A total of 115 cases of haemorrhagic fever were reported in the region, of which 85 were confirmed and 30 were probable.
