Comments on: PAHO – Haiti earthquake health Q&As http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2010/01/paho-haiti-earthquake-health-qas/ from the WASHplus Project Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Dr Walter Schrader http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2010/01/paho-haiti-earthquake-health-qas/#comment-74 Dr Walter Schrader Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:22:26 +0000 http://urbanhealthupdates.wordpress.com/?p=1048#comment-74 Advice on safe drinking water treatment / diarrhoea / dehydration below: APPEAL: Please help by sending SMS mobile phone messages, as below, to anyone you know in the Earth Quake affected area. Thank you. Dear Sir/Madam. Seven years ago, as a medical professional I was also victim in a great disaster . I coordinated evacuation of 40.000 people. From training and experience I fear the days to come. INFECTIOUS DISEASES MAKE THE DEATH TOLL RISE. Could you please help us to meet the urgent need for free information about safe drinking water and prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea and dehydration. Our messages are simple and will not contain more than 160 characters. They are called MUSTS: Medical Updates SMS Tutor = MUST Our messages are: Message 1: "Prevent diarrhoea/dehydration: drink CLEAN fluid and be hygienic" Message 2: "1 litre Unsafe water add 4-7 drops common antiseptic, chlorine or iodine solution, wait 30 minutes = OK" Message 3: "Heat: Bringing water to a boil makes it OK. No need to boil more than 1 minute" Please pass this information and the reference website http://www.remedi.org safe drinking water with free information and help stop this health disaster. Heat: Sufficient heat will kill micro-organisms in contaminated water already at a temperature below boiling point. The time to heat the water to a boil makes it hot long enough to disinfect it. There is no need to boil water for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 20 minutes, as some guide books recommend! Bringing water to a boil is adequate for dis-infection. Walter Schrader (MD): Former head of department Social medical Care and disaster relief manager of Rotterdam Area Advice on safe drinking water treatment / diarrhoea / dehydration below:
APPEAL: Please help by sending SMS mobile phone messages, as below, to anyone you know in the Earth Quake affected area. Thank you.

Dear Sir/Madam.

Seven years ago, as a medical professional I was also victim in a great disaster . I coordinated evacuation of 40.000 people.
From training and experience I fear the days to come. INFECTIOUS DISEASES MAKE THE DEATH TOLL RISE.
Could you please help us to meet the urgent need for free information about safe drinking water and prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea and dehydration.
Our messages are simple and will not contain more than 160 characters. They are called MUSTS: Medical Updates SMS Tutor = MUST

Our messages are:

Message 1: “Prevent diarrhoea/dehydration: drink CLEAN fluid and be hygienic”

Message 2: “1 litre Unsafe water add 4-7 drops common antiseptic, chlorine or iodine solution, wait 30 minutes = OK”

Message 3: “Heat: Bringing water to a boil makes it OK. No need to boil more than 1 minute”

Please pass this information and the reference website http://www.remedi.org safe drinking water with free information and help stop this health disaster.

Heat: Sufficient heat will kill micro-organisms in contaminated water already at a temperature below boiling point. The time to heat the water to a boil makes it hot long enough to disinfect it. There is no need to boil water for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 20 minutes, as some guide books recommend! Bringing water to a boil is adequate for dis-infection.

Walter Schrader (MD): Former head of department Social medical Care and disaster relief manager of Rotterdam Area

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