Kenya: KMPDU Demands Urgent Protection for Health Workers After Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case

Nairobi — The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) has called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers following the confirmation of Kenya’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease and the subsequent death of the patient in Nairobi.

The union said healthcare workers who may have come into contact with the patient at Nairobi Hospital or other health facilities must be immediately identified, medically monitored and provided with psychological…