Upholding Tuberculosis Services during the 2014 Ebola Storm: An Encouraging Experience from Conakry, Guinea.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Ten targeted health facilities supported by Damien Foundation (a Belgian Non Governmental Organization) and the National Tuberculosis (TB) Program in Conakry, Guinea.

Objectives

To uphold TB program performance during the Ebola outbreak in the presence of a package of pre-emptive additional measures geared at reinforcing the routine TB program, and ensuring Ebola infection control, health-workers safety and motivation.

Design

A retrospective comparative cohort study of a TB program assessing the performance before (2013) and during the (2014) Ebola outbreak.

Results

During the Ebola outbreak, all health facilities were maintained opened, there were no reported health-worker Ebola infections, drug stockouts or health staff absences. Of 2,475 presumptive

SUBMITTER: Ortuno-Gutierrez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988783 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature