Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public

WHO’s standard recommendations for the general public to reduce exposure to and transmission of a range of illnesses are as follows, which include hand and respiratory hygiene, and safe food practices:

Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water;

When coughing and sneezing cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – throw tissue away immediately and wash hands;

Avoid close contact with anyone who has fever and cough;

If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing seek medical care early and share previous travel history with your health care provider;

When visiting live markets in areas currently experiencing cases of novel coronavirus, avoid direct unprotected contact with live animals and surfaces in contact with animals;

The consumption of raw or undercooked animal products should be avoided. Raw meat, milk or animal organs should be handled with care, to avoid cross-contamination with uncooked foods, as per good food safety practices.

Protect yourself and others from getting sick

#MedNote
#Coronavirus

🔴 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public

⚫ Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus

♦ Wash your hands frequently

Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty.

❓ Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub eliminates the virus if it is on your hands.

♦ Practice respiratory hygiene

When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.

❓ Why? Covering your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you may contaminate objects or people that you touch.

♦ Maintain social distancing

Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and other people, particularly those who are coughing, sneezing and have a fever.

❓ Why? When someone who is infected with a respiratory disease, like 2019-nCoV, coughs or sneezes they project small droplets containing the virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the virus.

♦ Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth

❓ Why? Hands touch many surfaces which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, you can transfer the virus from the surface to yourself.

♦ If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early

Tell your health care provider if you have traveled in an area in China where 2019-nCoV has been reported, or if you have been in close contact with someone with who has traveled from China and has respiratory symptoms.

❓ Why? Whenever you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing it’s important to seek medical attention promptly as this may be due to a respiratory infection or other serious condition. Respiratory symptoms with fever can have a range of causes, and depending on your personal travel history and circumstances, 2019-nCoV could be one of them.

♦ If you have mild respiratory symptoms and no travel history to or within China

If you have mild respiratory symptoms and no travel history to or within China, carefully practice basic respiratory and hand hygiene and stay home until you are recovered, if possible.

♦ As a general precaution, practice general hygiene measures when visiting live animal markets, wet markets or animal product markets

Ensure regular hand washing with soap and potable water after touching animals and animal products; avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with hands; and avoid contact with sick animals or spoiled animal products. Strictly avoid any contact with other animals in the market (e.g., stray cats and dogs, rodents, birds, bats). Avoid contact with potentially contaminated animal waste or fluids on the soil or structures of shops and market facilities.

♦ Avoid consumption of raw or undercooked animal products

Handle raw meat, milk or animal organs with care, to avoid cross-contamination with uncooked foods, as per good food safety practices.

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EMSA-HAWASSA

🔊CALL FOR ELECTION 🔊
Ethiopian medical students association-Hawassa (EMSA-Hawassa) is student led legally registered and licensed association. As it had previously done EMSA-HAWASSA has created opportunities for the participation of volunteer students in the following five Executive board and ten standing committees of its structural organization.
📜Requirements📜
0️⃣1️⃣ For Executive board
🔹 currently enrolled medicine student
🔹who was at least active member for 01 year or was standing committee
🔹No criminal record or charged with discipline issues
🔹being a volunteer to serve for the coming election year and able to write a motivation latter
0️⃣2️⃣ For standing committee
🔸currently enrolled medicine student
🔸No criminal record or charged with discipline issues
🔸being a volunteer to serve for the coming election year
🗒Description🗓
🎎Executive board
📌 President
📌 Vice president for external affairs
📌Vice president for internal affairs
📌Secretary General
📌Head of finance and treasury 🎎Standing committees
📌SCORA- standing committee of reproductive health & AIDS🤰💑🎗
📌TSD- technology support division📡📱💻
📌SCOPH-standing committee of public health 🚭🏥🚯
📌SCOPEn-standing committee of professional exchange🤝💼
📌SCOEC- standing committee of entertainment & communication 🎶🎥🎭🎤
📌SCOC-standing committee of charity & blood donation 💵💰
📌PSD- publication support division 📝📰
📌SCORE- standing committee of research exchange📑🗂📊
📌SCORP-standing committee of human right & peace☮⚖
📌SCOME- standing committee of medical education📚📋📖

Those of you who are interested and qualify the requirements, you are welcomed to apply. waste no time!
For detailed explanation or for any other information please fell free to contact:-
091 631 3888
091 391 4506
Mode of registration
Telegram @gigeee
@besu07
SMS 091 631 3888
091 391 4506
or at EMSA-Hawassa office
Don’t forget to mention your full name and position you are running for.

Registration date: 30/06/12 - 06/07/12
Election date: 12/07/12 Ec.

📌Update!
It is known that class has been cancelled due to corona virus #socialdistancing. But, it does not mean school is closed so normal activities may resume as soon as the infection is under control. Those of you who have scheduled exam be ready.

NB: exams and assignments are not cancelled!

Students are expected to stay in the campus and going to home is not allowed! Except those processing clearance.

#wash your hands #social distancing #watch out for sign and symptoms

Those who want to volunteer to fight against corona please contact.

0916313888 call and telegram
0916028634 call and telegram
0949251686 Call and telegram

EMSA-Hawassa

Hello to all election 2020 candidates this is to inform you the election date has been post-phoned until further notice due to covid-19. We will keep in contact till then
EMSA-Hawassa

Call for Volunteers
The Ethiopian Medical Students Association in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Ethiopian Public Health Institute calls out for volunteer medical students to work
at the call center to respond to callers who inquire information about COVID-19.

✔Brief orientation about the service and necessary documents about the COVID 19 will be supplied to help when you deliver message for callers.

✔Certificate will be provided based on complition of your task.
✔ To Sign up go to:- https://forms.gle/b4LRygjEhAHFXXBz5
✔ Deadline :April 4,2020.
Join us and let us be a back bone for all the brave doctors and health professionals who are working in the front line to combat COVID-19.
EMSA MORE THAN A STUDENT.

Dear all,

FAMSA in collaboration with PG Med Online brings you this opportunity to a free medical coaching website (www.pgmedonline.com) for all medical students.

The site has over 15000 multiple choice questions and 3000 test questions covering all medical subjects.

There will be addition of full revision texts for medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, radiology and other subjects over the next few weeks.

We hope that all the medical students will utilize this opportunity and benefit by equipping themselves with more medical education to reinforce the health of our community.

Kind regards,
EMSA-ETHIOPIA

Currently the COVID-19 situation is escalating worldwide. The Ethiopian Medical Student's Association (EMSA-Ethiopia) has been working to contribute our share of responsibility during this difficult time. Among many other activities we are doing as National EMSA COVID-19 response team, and in our local chapters. Now the Standing Committee of Medical Education (EMSA-SCOME) came up with a COVID-19 Document.

This Document consists of Basic sciences of covid-19, Management, Approaches used to combat it, Roles and Responsibilities of medical students, Basic information for health education, and list of different accredited links that get updated daily. It was reviewed and commented on by Internists and Public Health Professionals.
It is basically a wholistic, compiled document for medical students and professionals as well.

This was organized by our own National Officer Dr.Heaven Yeshaneh and Team of EMSA-SCOME all over Ethiopia. We are deeply grateful for Dr. Heaven Yeshaneh and her teams for their invaluable time and restless jobs for the last one month to complete all this document. We are confident that it will be helpful for Medical and Health science students and professionals as well. you can find the link to the booklet here https://issuu.com/scomeethiopia/docs/full_book_

We are so proud of our members "Helina Daniel" and "Adugna Getahun " for winning the positions of Treasurer and Secretary General of EMSA Ethiopia Executive Board at the 7th Ethiopian Medical Students Association General Assembly.

Congratulations.