nous partons cet été de Suisse au Senegal en transports en commun avec une amie.
cette dernière se demande s'il est utile/nécessaire/superflu de prendre une moustiquaire.
nous voyagerons petit budget, petites auberges...
lors de mes précédents voyages, la moustiquaire m'a rarement voire jamais été utile, à chaque fois que j'en ai prise une avec moi elle est restée dans mon sac, presque toujours. MAIS je ne connais pas du tout la Mauritanie encore et donc aux personnes plus au fait que moi: quelle est votre expérience? ça vaut la peine d'en prendre (et surtout en l'occurence d'en acheter une exprès?)
je n'en ai pas acheté lors de mon dernier séjour (Mauritanie-Senegal) :
partout où ce serait nécessaire, les chambres sont moustiquairées. (soit fenêtres, soit moustiquaire de lit)
une année j'en avais acheté une : restée dans mon sac
en Mauritanie, à Nouakchott il y avait un hôtel aux fenêtres mal protégées : je m'en suis achetée une, on en trouve partout, genre tente, on peut la poser sur un lit double, très efficace, 5000 UM (8 euros)
Bonjour, une moustiquaire ne pèse pas très lours dans un sac et peut rendre un service non négligeable en cas d'attaque nocturne...Effectivement beaucoup d'hébergements en sont équipés mais il suffit d'une foi pour rentabiliser l'achat. Prenez également un peu de corde ou fil de pèche solide pour l'attacher si besoin.
Ca c est la theorie.
Pour m etre baladee des mois avec moustiquaire et cordelette j en ai conclu a l inutilite.
Et pourtant je suis allee dans la pampa et ds des hebergements roots de chez roots.
Soit (une fois) j en ai achete une sur place, soit (deux ou trois fois) je me suis livree a une raccomodage de moustiquaire de fenetre ...avec du pq et de la colle scotch qu on trouve partout.
connaissez vous la Mauritanie ?
sur tous les trottoirs de Nouadhibou et Nouakchott vous pourrez acheter une moustiquaire,
l'oms en livre des milliers chaque année, et tous les établissements hôteliers sont équipés.
Cambrousse a raison : pas la peine de s'encombrer.
Et de la ficelle il y en a de partout, ça traine qu'on en peut plus, on peut se faire une moustiquaire avec un melhafa aussi.
bonjourje pense que c'est pas nécessaire de prendre moustiquaire car la plus des chambres d'auberge sont déjà avec moustiquaire. et cela se vend partout maintenant avec les pharmacie vous trouver
De plus la Mauritanie est un pays désertique.
Les moustiques sont concentrés dans les villes.
Par ailleurs, les risques de palu c'est essentiellement le long du fleuve + à l’hôpital (où se concentrent les malades du palu).
oui, tu as raison, le long du fleuve, mais j'ai été sacrément enquiquinée à Nouakchott, je ne sais si les moustiques y étaient porteur du palu, mais tellement casse-pieds que j'ai acheté une moustiquaire , elles ont en vente partout sur les trottoirs. Du coup je l'ai emmené le long du fleuve et ... je ne m'en suis plus servie car' les chambres bien moustiquérées partout 😉
j'ai depuis peaufiné ma technique de réparation de trous dans les moustiquaires de fenêtres 🙂 (un stick de colle et du mouchoir en papier ou du PQ : inélégant mais efficace)
région du fleuve : soyez très prudentes le soir : les scarabées bombardiers sont attirés par les lumières (téléphone, ordinateur et toute autre lumière), et personne ne vous préviendra de ce qu'ils vous feront, ils urinent sur la peau (et même dans les oreilles, ça m'est arrivé l'an dernier) donc attention, l'urine est corrosive, ça fait mal, ça s'infecte et ça se soigne avec de l'éosine car les gens ne trouvent que ça dans les dispensaires.
Prévois des antibiotiques ou un flacon d'argent colloïdial, du désinfectant.
Et surtout, éteignez tout dès la nuit tombée ou enfermez vous dans une pièce où aucun insecte ne pourra entrer.
renseigne toi aussi et surtout sur la bilharziose : ne mets pas tes pieds et tes mains dans n'importe quelle mare ou cours d'eau !!
si tu craques et si tu plonges dans une mare, vérifie tes urines : si saignement, fais toi traiter en urgence (PRAZIQUENTEL).
La bilharziose est la maladie parasitaire la plus répandue dans le sud de la Mauritanie et le long du fleuve, également au Sénégal. Personne n'en parle par pudeur.
je préfère te prévenir.. Plus de 60 % des enfants du sud ont cette maladie. et encore, je baisse les statistiques car en 2018 un programme de prévention, de détection et de soins est en cours.
Certes
Mais y a vraiment aucune mare aucun point d eau qui m ait donne envie de sauter dedans....
La salete etant a peu pres partout -helas- au rendez vous, on reste en general prudent.
Ah lala, le jour où tu débarqueras à Kankossa, surtout si c'est en plein été, tu auras des envies comme les enfants de sauter dedans. Tous ces jeux leur sont maintenant interdits.. La faute à qui ? au barrage de Diama...🙁
oups j'ai oublié : les femmes sont souvent obligées de faire la vaisselle et la lessive dans les petits cours d'eau, les rivières, ou même avec l'eau du fleuve, celles ci sont pratiquement toutes victimes de la bilharziose.. ceci dit le programme de développement agricole intensif a bien changé le cours de la vie des villages du sud. Parfois c'est mieux de fermer les yeux et les oreilles Et de se blinder le coeur.
Je ne me blinde pas le coeur. Je sais que pour la population cela existe et est un fleau.
Jusque la on evoquait les problemes au.niveau d un touriste.
Ce qui etait l objet de la discussion.
Désolée pour laisser l'impression d'avoir dévié l'objet de la discussion, ce n'était pas le but :
en rencontrant les femmes, on a parfois envie de partager leurs moments de vie, parce que les amitiés se créent si spontanément là bas, touriste ou pas.
toi tu es au courant de la bilharziose, mais peut être pas tout le monde, tout comme pour les infections des scarabées bombardiers. Très peu de voyageurs s'arrêtent dans les villages du sud, et ceux qui s'y arrêtent ne sont pas présents sur ce forum pour avertir les prochains..
Oui bon moi j'y ai vécu 5 ans en Mauritanie, j'ai passé plein de temps le long du fleuve, je n'ai jamais croisé de bombardier (je ne sais même pas ce que c'est) et je ne me suis pas gêné pour me baigner. Ça n'empêche pas d'être prudent, bien sur, mais bon, je crois qu'il faut relativiser, on est dans une société hygiéniste ici et bien sur l'Afrique nous parait une zone ultra dangereuse d'un point de vue sanitaire. Mais bon, le premier risque sanitaire africain et de très loin ce sont les bagnoles pourries sur les routes péraves et avec un système de secours inexistant : ne pas l'oublier.
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For several years now, increased aggression has been observed in Cape fur seals.
At least 70 unprovoked attacks on humans.
It was recently confirmed that this is due to rabies.
The suspected origin is contamination in Namibia by jackals.
The contagion seems to be spreading.
Preventive vaccination (of the animals) is being considered.
Just a reminder:
Rabies affects all mammals.
Once symptoms appear—sometimes weeks or even months later—death is inevitable.
It’s the bite that transmits the disease.
There are so-called "furious" forms with aggression, but also forms without aggression.
In case of a bite, in addition to standard wound care, tetanus prevention… rabies prevention is essential.
Stay careful out there…
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