Who do you think is more heroic? This MOH officer going to the heart of the highly-contagious virus Ebola in Africa or Amos Yee?
MOH officer to help fight Ebola in West Africa
Published: 4:17 AM, May 1, 2015
SINGAPORE — A public health officer from the Ministry of Health (MOH) will be sent to West Africa to join international efforts in the fight against the highly-contagious virus Ebola.
The officer will be working with a team of experts from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office’s Ebola Support Team (WEST) in the analysis of surveillance information on suspected and confirmed Ebola cases.
The officer will be deployed for six weeks and will not be involved in the care of Ebola patients, the MOH said yesterday.
The ministry will also maintain close contact with the officer for the duration of his deployment. WEST, which was launched in January, has its base in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.
Ebola, which causes fever and uncontrolled bleeding, spreads through close contact with a symptomatic person’s bodily fluids.
According to the WHO, blood, faeces and vomit are the most infectious fluids, while the virus is found mostly in saliva once patients become severely ill.
More than 10,800 people died from Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia last year.
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/moh-officer-help-fight-ebola-west-africa
MOH officer to help fight Ebola in West Africa
Published: 4:17 AM, May 1, 2015
SINGAPORE — A public health officer from the Ministry of Health (MOH) will be sent to West Africa to join international efforts in the fight against the highly-contagious virus Ebola.
The officer will be working with a team of experts from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office’s Ebola Support Team (WEST) in the analysis of surveillance information on suspected and confirmed Ebola cases.
The officer will be deployed for six weeks and will not be involved in the care of Ebola patients, the MOH said yesterday.
The ministry will also maintain close contact with the officer for the duration of his deployment. WEST, which was launched in January, has its base in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.
Ebola, which causes fever and uncontrolled bleeding, spreads through close contact with a symptomatic person’s bodily fluids.
According to the WHO, blood, faeces and vomit are the most infectious fluids, while the virus is found mostly in saliva once patients become severely ill.
More than 10,800 people died from Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia last year.
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/moh-officer-help-fight-ebola-west-africa