authorities immediately when someone has signs or symptoms of Ebola, and not touching a sick person. 9. The Promoter asks the group’s Activity Leader to discuss the needed items for next week’s activity (based on the Promoter’s conversation with her prior to this meeting) and solicit volunteers. When CGVs their neighbors: The CGV takes attendance. The CGV asks about new births, pregnancies (if this is kept on the form), mother and child deaths, and illnesses in the families of the mothers attending and helps refer those with danger signs of severe illness to the local health facility. If an Ebola outbreak has been declared in any parts of the county, the Promoter and CGVs need to start asking new questions at each meeting. The CGV asks neighbor mothers about any newly orphaned children and about the signs and symptoms of any illnesses that family members have to identify illnesses that match the signs and symptoms of Ebola, but without alarming the family. The Promoter will ask the CGVs to report out on any such illnesses. The CGV asks the mothers to review the key practices from the last lesson. The CGV asks the neighbor mothers about their commitments from the last meeting and follows up with those that had difficulty trying out new practices. The CGV asks the Activity Leader to discuss the needed items for next week’s activity and solicit volunteers. 3. Story: Bahaar’s and Sarifina’s Community Response to Ebola (Picture Box 4.1) (10 minutes) Note: This can be used with CGVs and community leaders, including traditional leaders, as a way to urge them to come up with a community response plan for Ebola if a plan does not exist. It can also be used with neighbor mothers to help build support for a community plan. Read the story in Picture Box 4.1 in the flipchart. The text to the story also is included below. Bahaar and Sarifina live in two neighboring communities, much like this one. Over the past few months they have been hearing a lot about a very serious disease called Ebola on the radio and from friends and family. Although they know Ebola is killing a lot of people, there have been no cases or deaths in either of their communities. There are no changes in Bahaar’s community and everyone is continuing with daily life the same as always believing that Ebola will not come to
authorities immediately when someone has signs or symptoms of Ebola, and not touching a sick person. 9. The Promoter asks the group’s Activity Leader to discuss the needed items for next week’s activity (based on the Promoter’s conversation with her prior to this meeting) and solicit volunteers. When CGVs their neighbors: The CGV takes attendance. The CGV asks about new births, pregnancies (if this is kept on the form), mother and child deaths, and illnesses in the families of the mothers attending and helps refer those with danger signs of severe illness to the local health facility. If an Ebola outbreak has been declared in any parts of the county, the Promoter and CGVs need to start asking new questions at each meeting. The CGV asks neighbor mothers about any newly orphaned children and about the signs and symptoms of any illnesses that family members have to identify illnesses that match the signs and symptoms of Ebola, but without alarming the family. The Promoter will ask the CGVs to report out on any such illnesses. The CGV asks the mothers to review the key practices from the last lesson. The CGV asks the neighbor mothers about their commitments from the last meeting and follows up with those that had difficulty trying out new practices. The CGV asks the Activity Leader to discuss the needed items for next week’s activity and solicit volunteers. 3. Story: Bahaar’s and Sarifina’s Community Response to Ebola (Picture Box 4.1) (10 minutes) Note: This can be used with CGVs and community leaders, including traditional leaders, as a way to urge them to come up with a community response plan for Ebola if a plan does not exist. It can also be used with neighbor mothers to help build support for a community plan. Read the story in Picture Box 4.1 in the flipchart. The text to the story also is included below. Bahaar and Sarifina live in two neighboring communities, much like this one. Over the past few months they have been hearing a lot about a very serious disease called Ebola on the radio and from friends and family. Although they know Ebola is killing a lot of people, there have been no cases or deaths in either of their communities. There are no changes in Bahaar’s community and everyone is continuing with daily life the same as always believing that Ebola will not come to
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