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Zoonotic Disease

Ebola:  
In 2014, while Ebola was rampaging through West African countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo experienced an Ebola outbreak in the Province of Tshuapa.  Boende, the Capital of Tshuapa, was the action center for this outbreak.  INCEF activated teams out of both Boende and Monkoto who had previously worked on the prevention of both Ebola and Monkeypox. With financial support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, our quick response was crucial to containing and quelling the outbreak.  It was officially announced as over in late October of 2014. 

Monkeypox:
INCEF began their work with CDC 2008 in the north of the Republic of Congo in the Likouala region where Monkeypox was traveling across the Ubangui River with the influx of refugees escaping instability in DRC. Three teams of educators from Brazzaville traveled with Medicine D'Afrique and CDC to disseminate films on Monkeypox.  


INCEF has now recruited and trained additional educators in Boende DRC who are working regularly with the CDC  and Kinshasa School of Public Health to prevent the spread of Monkeypox in Tshuapa Province.   On October 17th, 2015 those teams set out for a town calle Bokungu.  They are back in Boende now and we will put up the results of their work in the coming weeks.  

Since the effort to educate rural villagers began , INCEF has reached more than 140,000 people in 217 rural villages with messages on how to recognize symptoms, prevent infection, and what can and should be done once symptoms of both Ebola and Monkeypox are detected.

LIST OF FILMS
  • 2006: Understanding Ebola (ROC)
  • 2006: Ebola Testimony (ROC)
  • 2008: Understanding Monkeypox (ROC)
  • 2008: Monkeypox Testimony (ROC)
  • 2010: Practical Advice for Healthcare Relays (ROC)
  • 2010: Scientific Training for Workshops (ROC)
  • 2010: Monkeypox Testimony (DRC)
  • 2010: Understanding Monkeypox (DRC)
  • 2010: DRC Training Healthcare Relays (DRC)
  • 2011: Evaluation of Monkeypox Outreach

MAPS
ARTICLES
  • Assessing the Effectiveness of a Community Intervention for Monkeypox Prevention in the Congo Basin published in 2010 in Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Detection of Human Monkeypox in the Republic of the Congo Following Intensive Community Education published in 2013 in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Collection and Utilization of Animal Carcasses Associated with Zoonotic Disease in Tshuapa District, The Democratic Republic of Congo published in 2015 in Journal of Wildlife Diseases  

DOWNLOADS
  • Bokungu Outreach Summary (December 2013)
  • 2008 Republic of Congo Performance Report - Great Apes and Ebola

RESOURCES
  • CDC Monkeypox Fact Sheet
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STORIES
  • Preventing Monkeypox in Monkoto, DRC
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