It seems to be in desperate need of updates. This is a great opportunity to showcase crowdsourcing!
On 31 July 2012 10:56, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > Could be anyone crowdmap allows you to create your own Ushahidi instance. > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 10:54:29 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ebola hits Kampala > > > > > Anyone know who set this up? > > https://ebolatracker.crowdmap.com/ > On Jul 30, 2012 7:18 PM, "Benjamin Tayehanpour" < > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > Since ebolaviruses do not spread via aerosol, the most straightforward > prevention method during EVD outbreaks is to avoid direct (skin-to-skin) > contact with patients, their excretions and body fluids , or possibly > contaminated materials and utensils. Patients ought to be isolated but > still have the right to be visited by family members. Medical staff should > be trained and apply strict barrier nursing techniques (disposable face > mask, gloves, goggles, and a gown at all times). Traditional burial > rituals, especially those requiring embalming of bodies, ought to be > discouraged or modified, ideally with the help of local traditional healers > . > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease > > On 30 July 2012 19:07, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> > wrote: > > > I started taking precautions from the minute whispers about it surfaced on > Twitter. And I don't think it is under control; the actions of the > government suggest quite the opposite, actually. > > Ebola transmits through body fluids. It is not naturally airborne, > although it can theoretically be aerosolised artificially. I quote > Wikipedia: > > > > > All epidemics of Ebola have occurred in sub-optimal hospital conditions, > where practices of basic hygiene and sanitation are often either luxuries > or unknown to caretakers and where disposable needles and autoclaves are > unavailable or too expensive. In modern hospitals with disposable needles > and knowledge of basic hygiene and barrier nursing techniques, Ebola has > never spread on a large scale. > > Basically, Ebola can be spread only in three ways: Human malevolence, in > which someone deliberately infects someone; human ignorance, in which Ebola > is spread because people fail to take basic hygienic precautions; and > accidents, in which proper measures have been taken but something > unexpected happens, such as a dropped vial or an outside force (explosion, > earthquake) breaches a barrier. I don't think anyone with access to > weaponised Ebola wants to spread it here, and Uganda's not at war or > tectonically active, so the only feasible way to spread this disease is by > ignorance. > > So: Don't be ignorant. Wash your hands, frequently, especially before and > after meals. If you have made it a habit to pick your nose or rub your > eyes, stop it at once. Avoid eating with your hands if you can avoid it, > and use properly cleaned utensils. See that your food is thoroughly cooked, > and in sanitary conditions. The side of the street does not count as > sanitary conditions. If you absolutely have to eat with your hands for > whatever reason, make a habit of always keeping a bottle of alcoholic hand > sanitizer or alcoholic wet wipes on your person. Actually, that may not be > a bad idea to do even if you do eat with cutlery. If you shake hands, wash > your hands at your earliest convenience afterwards, or do that funny > wrist-to-wrist not-quite-handshake you Ugandans do sometimes. > > Oh, and most important of all: Assume that everyone around you is > ignorant, and potentially infected, and take caution accordingly. > > > > > On 30 July 2012 18:28, Chris Kasangaki < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > Wait a minute! Do not rejoice yet! > > If it is in Mulago, then it is in Kampala. And do not be deceived that it > is under control. The first case was noticed on July 11th but the news was > released just two days ago. By last Friday, the ministry had not yet > admitted that it was ebola. > > My question is now; was anyone taking caution during those days or are we > just to start now after the Ministry has announced it? > Like M7 said, we need a lot of luck and peaceful rest to the victims. > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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