ISOS Ebola Awareness ToolBoxTalk v6 08August2014 ENGLISH

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Ebola Awareness

Toolbox Talk August 2014

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Ebola is caused by a virus.

Causes a severe illness, with bleeding

Up to 90% will die

No vaccine, and no cure are available BUT getting treatment at Ebola Centres EARLY increases the chance of recovery

Many people can quickly become infected

EBOLA WHAT IS IT?


EBOLA HOW DOES IT SPREAD?

Sick people can spread this disease to others

People in direct contact with sick people are at highest risk:

Family members

Healthcare workers

Contact with Dead bodies can cause infection. BE CAREFUL

DO NOT wash, touch or kiss dead bodies

DO NOT wash hands in the same bucket as others who have touched the body


What does Ebola feel like?

EBOLA SYMPTOMS


FEVER

TIREDNESS

HEADACHE

NAUSEA

Symptoms can start within two days of contact with an infected person or body

EBOLA EARLY SYMPTOMS


VOMITING May contain blood

EBOLA LATER SYMPTOMS

DIARRHOEA May contain blood

BLEEDING (including from nose,

mouth, skin)

COUGH May contain blood


YOU CAN BECOME VERY SICK

EBOLA LATER SYMPTOMS


MOST PEOPLE WITH EBOLA DIE BUT some people will recover

GETTING HELP EARLY increases the chance of recovery

EBOLA DEATH IS COMMON


How NOT to catch Ebola?

EBOLA PREVENTION


YOU CAN CATCH EBOLA FROM

SOMEONE WHO IS SICK OR

DEAD

KEEP AWAY..

EBOLA DONT CATCH IT!


Do not touch an infected person or their body fluids

BLOOD VOMIT FAECES OR DIARRHOEA

EBOLA DONT TOUCH!


BODY FLUIDS URINE

Do not touch an infected person or their body fluids

EBOLA DONT TOUCH!


DEAD BODY

Dead bodies carry the virus. Bury carefully. Keep away.

EBOLA DONT TOUCH!


WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN Use SOAP

EBOLA PREVENTION


EBOLA is in animals and bats too. DO NOT touch or eat "bush meat or bats

EBOLA PREVENTION


If you get sick

EBOLA WHAT TO DO!


If you develop these symptoms EBOLA

WHAT TO DO

FEVER TIREDNESS HEADACHE NAUSEA

VOMITING May contain blood

DIARRHOEA May contain blood

BLEEDING (including from

nose, mouth, skin)

COUGH May contain blood


EBOLA WHAT TO DO

GET HELP EARLY! Call your medical centre and tell them about your illness Listen to the advice. You may be sent to a special hospital Keep away from others so they dont get sick Be especially careful of your vomit and diarrhoea Although there is no cure, getting treatment at Ebola Centres EARLY increases the chance of recovery

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