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Sierra Leone News: Physically challenged benefit from WAMM

01/21/2015, 5:45pm CST
By Ade Campbell

The West Africa Medical Missions (WAMM) with support from Christian Blind Mission (CBM) yesterday started a 10-day working session for forty physically challenged persons from various communities in Freetown on building resilience against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

The West Africa Medical Missions (WAMM) with support from Christian Blind Mission (CBM) yesterday started a 10-day working session for forty physically challenged persons from various communities in Freetown on building resilience against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Speaking to Awoko, Project Manager Mamadu Jalloh outlined the objectives of the building resilience during Ebola Project, which is to ensure that persons with disability and their families are equally protected from the Ebola virus disease and to specifically build in them, long term resilience through inclusive public awareness raising strategies. He said during the exercise, the 40 participants will be empowered to develop inclusive key messages to fit target groups, after which the messages will be disseminated to 8 districts mostly affected by the epidemic.
The Project Manager noted that after two months, the West African Medical Mission (WAMM) will review the messages to ensure that they are working in communities and that the challenges faced by physically challenged persons at this time are minimised.
On understanding the preventive measures against Ebola, Paul Thoronka of WAMM said people should first understand and appreciate that Ebola is real.
In a detailed presentation, he advised participants to face reality and observe all preventive measures in order to break the chain of transmission, especially for the visually impaired who need guide to move around.
Thoronka also urged them to be proactive in reporting early to treatment centers when symptoms and signs of the disease begin to show.
Ahmed Saidu in a brief presentation explained the various use of PPE’s which is very important in prevention control, advising the participants that they should always observe frequent hand washing, using chlorine, sanitizer, or soap and water.
A survivor Mohamed Nao explained his ordeal, after contracting the viral disease in September last year, but because he sought early treatment on time, he is alive, even though he lost five members of his family to the Ebola virus disease.
By Ade Campbell
Wednesday January 21, 2015

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