Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanised global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy them, The Associated Press reported.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) calls it an emergency within an emergency.
Many of the survivors have vision and hearing issues. Some others experience physical and emotional pains, fatigue and other problems.
The medical community is negotiating uncharted waters as it tries to measure the scale of this problem that comes on the tail end of the biggest Ebola outbreak in history.
“If we can find out this kind of information, hopefully we can help other Ebola survivors in the future,” Dr. Zan Yeong, an eye specialist involved in a study of health problems in survivors in Liberia, told The Associated Press.
About 7,500 people will enroll – 1,500 Ebola survivors and 6,000 of their close contacts – and will be monitored over a five-year period in the study launched by Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccines in Liberia.
By Nigerian Tribune
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