WHO kiirehtää: On saatava tietää enemmän post-ebolasyndrooman syystä

Need for more information on post-Ebola syndrome

“We need to understand why these symptoms persist, whether they are caused by the disease or treatment, or perhaps the heavy disinfection,” says Dr Nanyonga who has developed an assessment tool that will be used to establish the most common and disabling symptoms and what can be done to help survivors with these problems.
Dr Andrew Ramsay, field coordinator for WHO in Kenema, says it is essential that potentially disabling physical and psychological problems be diagnosed and, where possible, treated as quickly as possible.
“Eye problems might be caused by damage to the cornea, to the nerves or something else. At this point we do not have enough information to know exactly what is going on. But we need to find out urgently so we can do whatever we can to preserve the eyesight for people who have to try to pick up their lives again.”