HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 10 (acn) The first international course on the prevention and fighting against the Ebola virus in the Americas begins Monday at Havana´s Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute.
The initiative came out of a technical meeting by specialists and directives on the issue, which was held October 29 and 30 in Cuba with the participation of experts from 34 nations of the region and representatives of the World and Pan-American Health organizations, PL news agency reported.
Along with the international course, the meeting proposed to take actions like the setting up epidemiological surveillance systems in institutions set up to receive persons coming from areas with Ebola transmission risk, as well as the reinforcement of relations between sectors at different terminals to get information on transport means, their crews and travelers arriving to the countries.
Also included is the exchange of experience and learned lessons in the fight on Ebola and that each country must define the route to send samples to labs of international reference, as well as the standardization of criteria on the use of personal protection equipment and their availability at preferential prices for immediate distribution in case of emergency.
Information through different media aimed at the vulnerable population was also a main proposal, with priority for health workers. The meeting revealed the will of the countries of this region to join efforts in fighting the epidemic that has claimed nearly 5 thousand lives in Western Africa.
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