Beyond Lassa Fever: Systemic and structural barriers to disease detection and response in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lassa fever (LF) often presents clinically as undifferentiated febrile illness. Lassa Fever cases in Sierra Leone have been falling since the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic. Data from other LF endemic countries suggest that this is not a true reflection of local epidemiological decline, but rather a function of either health seeking behaviour or the health/referral system. In Sierra Leone, many other diseases present with a similar early clinical picture, including COVID-19 and Marburg Disease (which has recently emerged in neighbouring Guinea). This empirical study explores the implementation of health system processes associated with International Health Regulations (IHR) requirements for early detection and timely and effective responses to the spread of febrile disease, th

SUBMITTER: Rohan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature