Successful Control of Ebola Virus Disease: Analysis of Service Based Data from Rural Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The scale and geographical distribution of the current outbreak in West Africa raised doubts as to the effectiveness of established methods of control. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was first detected in Sierra Leone in May 2014 in Kailahun district. Despite high case numbers elsewhere in the country, transmission was eliminated in the district by December 2014. We describe interventions underpinning successful EVD control in Kailahun and implications for EVD control in other areas.

Methods

Internal service data and published reports from response agencies were analysed to describe the structure and type of response activities, EVD case numbers and epidemic characteristics. This included daily national situation reports and District-level data and reports of the Sie

SUBMITTER: Lokuge K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784943 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature