Guidance materials from 2014 to 2019 on nutritional care for Ebola patients in Ebola Treatment Units: an analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the inclusion and exclusion of nutritional content in guidance materials related to nutritional care for hospitalised Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients of any age with the aim to provide recommendations for future revised nutritional care guidelines in Ebola Treatment Units (ETU).

Design

Qualitative and quantitative analyses of ETU protocols and other guidance materials were conducted. Materials were obtained from practitioners, their organisations and governments active in EVD outbreaks since 2014.

Setting

Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Results

Guidance materials showed a wide variety of topics. Most contained information on different feeding phases during illness, the use of specialised products, what an

SUBMITTER: Ververs M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754564 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature