Abuja women sensitized on the EVD

Premiumtimes reports that Over 200 Abuja women were on Thursday sensitized on the current outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Nigeria.

The sensitization was organized by the Women for Change and Development Initiative, W4CDI, an initiative of Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan.

Doctors and nurses from the State House Clinic, Abuja, who all spoke in Pidgin English, educated the women on the need for personal hygiene, prevention, symptoms, treatment, and best actions to take if Ebola Virus Disease is suspected.

The doctors lectured the women on symptoms and possible ways of preventing the spread of the deadly disease and warned them against self-medication.

The doctors also debunked various myths about possible cure for the
disease:

        "Some people talk say, why
         Ebola no dey Ibadan na
         because Ibadan people dey
         chop Ewedu (a Yoruba
         delicacy), na lie ooh! Ewedu
         no dey cure Ebola. Even
         water and salt, bitter kola or
         bleach, none of them dey
         cure Ebola," Mr. Bashir, one
         of the doctors said.

The women were provided with gift bags, which contained items like hand sanitizers, disinfectant, bleach, antiseptic soaps, towels, body contact thermometer, pamphlets for Ebola advocacy and sensitization.