Douala : Door to door Screening Campaign Launched
- Par LIENGU ETAKA ESONG
- 07 avril 2020 10:46
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Over 1200 community health agents have been recruited to carry out the exercise in the Littoral region.
The door to door campaign for the screening of covid 19 has been launched in the littoral region, The campaign that was launched on Sunday April 5, 2020 was a rare moment for the medical personal present to sensitized the public on the coronavirus and to elaborate on the importance of screening. It came out from the launching ceremony that over 1.200 community health agents have been mobilized to carry out the door to door screening exercise in the entire region. As to how the screening will be done, the Permanent Secretary General in the Programme for the Vaccination and Fight Against the corona virus, Dr Hassan Ben said a special application will be installed in the mobile telephone of the community health agents who will also go around with a questioner which will be used in each household. With the information gathered then we will know if there is a suspected case or not and thereby proceed with the screening. He added that there are two principle actors who have to facilitate the exercise that is the community health agent and the rapid intervention unit of the health district both teams will be working hand in glove to identify suspected cases. He said in the event of a suspected case , the community health agent will immediately relay the information to the rapid intervention health unit who will in turn take the patient to the laboratory for testing. He made it clear that suspected...
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