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WHO Rapid Risk Assessment on #Ebola caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda:   The risk assessment has been revised: 🔴 Very high at the national level in #DRC 🟠 High for #Uganda 🟠 High for countries sharing land borders with DRC and Uganda 🔵 Low for the rest of the Africa region and at the global level   The risk in DRC remains very high, because: ⚠️ The outbreak has continued to expand rapidly in terms of numbers of cases and geographical spread with more areas affected ⚠️ Epidemiological links and the full chain of transmission are not yet clearly established, and the source of the outbreak remains under investigation ⚠️ Ongoing conflict restricts movement of frontline responders and surveillance teams ⚠️ Community fear and misinformation hinder case detection, contact tracing, and isolation, and potentially facilitate disease spread ⚠️ Limited healthcare infrastructure and delays in laboratory confirmation, although these are being scaled up by DRC, with support of partners   WHO continues to support DRC to put an end to this outbreak bit.ly/3Sgobhn

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 Kenya has intensified its preparedness for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) through a Rapid Response Team (RRT) Training of Trainers workshop aimed at strengthening national and sub-national capacity to detect, prevent and respond to potential outbreaks. Speaking during the opening of the four-day training in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary for Health Hon. Aden Duale emphasized that preparedness remains a critical pillar of national health security, noting that Kenya remains at risk of disease importation due to its strategic position as a regional transport, trade and travel hub. The Cabinet Secretary commended members of the Rapid Response Team, including experts who were deployed to support the West African Ebola response between 2014 and 2016, for their service and contribution to global health security. He called on participants to share their frontline experiences to strengthen outbreak preparedness, infection prevention and control measures, and emergency response systems across the country. Hon. Duale noted that the training represents a strategic investment in Kenya’s surge capacity and will support the transfer of critical skills and knowledge to counties and sub-counties to enhance readiness for public health emergencies. He observed that recurrent outbreaks in the region, including the ongoing Ebola situation, underscore the need for sustained vigilance, strengthened surveillance and coordinated preparedness efforts at all levels of the health system. The Cabinet Secretary emphasized that Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) remains central to outbreak response, urging healthcare workers to consistently apply standard precautions and protect themselves while delivering care. He noted that experiences from recent outbreaks in the region have demonstrated the importance of strong IPC systems in preventing transmission within health facilities. Hon. Duale welcomed the recent assessment by Africa CDC, which rated Kenya highly in pandemic preparedness and response, attributing the achievement to sustained investments in health security systems and coordinated preparedness efforts. He lauded Kenya’s health workforce for leading from the front in delivering quality healthcare services and advancing Universal Health Coverage, noting that healthcare workers remain the backbone of the country’s emergency preparedness and response efforts. The Cabinet Secretary also urged Kenyans to have confidence in government initiatives aimed at strengthening preparedness and response, including the establishment of quarantine and isolation facilities, describing them as critical long-term investments in safeguarding public health and enhancing national health security. Present during the training were Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni, Director-General for Health Dr. Patrick Amoth, and Acting Director-General of the Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI) Dr. Maureen Kamene. The training brings together multidisciplinary experts from national and county governments, health institutions and partner organizations to strengthen coordination and preparedness for Ebola and other public health emergencies.

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Peterson Wachira: You can't close Ebola out of your country... no matter the kind of screening you do, infected people can still enter the country and develop symptoms later. #TheLastWordNTV @jamessmat @EricLatiff

We don't have the benefit of time to prepare for a possible Ebola entry in Kenya ~ Kuco's Peterson Wachira. #TheLastWordNTV @jamessmat @EricLatiff

Peterson Wachira: Kenyans are not wrong; they are using the information available to them. That is why I keep saying that in public health, it is facts over fear. When you provide accurate information, fear dissipates because it thrives where there is insufficient knowledge and people do not know how to protect themselves. Every time we have an outbreak, refresher training is necessary because each situation is highly contextual #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira: Our problem is that we might be taking the path taken by Congo or Sierra Leone which is a political angle. The result is that there is aggression against quarantine centers which are supposed to be protecting the community #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira - According to the international health regulations, you either contain it at source or closest to source, and the whole of East Africa is within the risk category of Ebola. When we went to respond in West Africa, if infected and taken ill, we would not have been treated in Sierra Leone but shipped to Germany or the US, and that demonstrates the bit of cooperation required in responding to such diseases #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira: Ebola has several fazes; once you’re infected between 2 and 21 days you will not know you have the disease and neither will others. Before the person has the symptoms, you cannot tell. We need a community that is informed, aware and can suspect, identify and report #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira- A quarantine facility is a safety zone for the community because if we suspect you, we put you somewhere away from the community, test you, and if you have the disease we isolate you, manage you, and once we are clear, we can bring you back to society #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira - Ebola is a viral disease and we have four strains that are of concern to the health sector: Zaire and Boudibugyo. Zaire has a vaccine while Boudibugyo does not have and its case fatality rate is currently about 25.4. The conversation is to demystify and divert the conversation to where it should be, beginning from a point of training Kenyans about Ebola #CitizenDayBreak

Peterson Wachira:What I am trying to demystify is the notion that the quarantine center is bad for the community; it is actually good for the community. When we went to Sierra Leone, one of the major problems that led to community spread was caused by politics. People said the government wanted to eliminate them because it started in a predominantly opposition area #CitizenDayBreak

Is Kenya prepared for an Ebola outbreak? Tonight on #TheLastWordNTV

Am yet to see solid proposals on solutions to avoid such occurrences in future. @NAssemblyKE in its wisdom and that of @NyikalDr established Kenya Health Human Resource Advisory Council @khhrac26642 to among other functions; develop a policy on the welfare of healthworkers which includes mental health strategies to prevent and identify such in a timely manner. The Council remains underfunded and understaffed almost a decade later and thereby unable to carry out its functions optimally even after inauguration by HE President @WilliamsRuto. There is need to capacity build KHHRAC and enable it to function optimally @HonAdenDuale. It's high time we answer the question of "who cares for the careers?" or else we will continue discussing this on social media without any tangible and solid solution. May the soul of the innocent patient who fell victim to our collective and systemic neglect rest in eternal place.