[PDF] Top 20 Impact of the Mass Drug Administration for malaria in response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

... time malaria burden exerted a heavy toll to the health care system, which was compromised by the EVD epidemic due to high mortality to frontline health workers and closure of many facilities both in the public and ... See full document

... time malaria burden exerted a heavy toll to the health care system, which was compromised by the EVD epidemic due to high mortality to frontline health workers and closure of many facilities both in the public and ... See full document

... the outbreak quickly evolved from being a local issue to a regional one and finally to become a global ...in Sierra Leone: the schools were closed, population gatherings were restricted and ... See full document

... by Ebola earlier in the out- break, and Kérouané, which bordered Ma- centa, were instructed to stop all commu- nity-based treatment of malaria and refer patients to local health ...during Ebola ... See full document

... the Ebola epidemic in the Pujehun district which might have reduced the impact of the disease on mothers and children compared with other ...on outbreak control was asso- ciated with failures in ... See full document

... 2014, Sierra Leone was hit by the Ebola virus dis- ease (EVD) epidemic, which started in neighbouring Guinea in December ...and malaria due to the closure of clinics and the repurposing of ... See full document

... contain Ebola has been argued to be a violation of the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) which urges member states to detect, assess, re- port and respond promptly to outbreaks and health emergencies ... See full document

... rapid response to a health care crisis when existing facilities were ...an outbreak, suspect patients are immediately transferred to dedicated ETCs for both testing and treatment might mitigate both the ... See full document

... the impact of the health gained and costs saved due to earlier interventions, as earlier interventions may prevent infected individuals from spreading the virus to other ...EVD outbreak, however, few ... See full document

... This is exemplified by the fact that 7 of the originally se- lected villages could not be traced. Therefore, comparing with the baseline data collected pre-war, the reduction in infection seen in 2010 may have not been ... See full document

... current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the disease has notable impacts on the three affected countries—Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone through two ...humanitarian response ... See full document

... in Sierra Leone has succeeded in building on an existing and effective CDTI programme for integrated manage- ment of onchocerciasis and LF and had the unique opportunity of using the integrated approach of ... See full document

... rural Sierra Leonean communities? This is not to say that doing so does not present its own ...by Ebola responders – hence as the response progressed, better Ebola care (including innovative ... See full document

... The outbreak of Ebola Epidemic in May 2014 has caused a negative impact in the tourism and hospitality industry in Sierra Leone such as the closure of many hotels, restaurants, ... See full document

... the outbreak (three of them being co-authors of this study), survived case patients, and relatives of deceased case ...the outbreak and by discussing with survived case patients and rela- tives of deceased ... See full document

... recent study [8] estimated that R 0 in this country is 2.53, which is significantly greater. We have also looked at the effect of interventions to control the outbreak. In absence of any vaccine or medi- cation ... See full document

... Moreover, Ebola survivors and their families faced stigma and discrimination as they reintegrated into ...the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, every 9 in 10 respondents in a national ... See full document

... crisis. So after the crisis, we should have gone to prepare an epidemic response plan, and that should have been an immediate step after the outbreak by the NDMA." Joint planning among West African ... See full document

... of Ebola survivors have sequelae is not ...appropriate response to the traumatic events of ...the Ebola-Sudan outbreak in Uganda in 2000 ...1995 Ebola-Zaire outbreak in Kikwit ... See full document

... Sanitation is a major problem in Sierra Leone. Accord- ing to the Demographic and Health Survey, conducted in 2008, 87% of the population does not have access to im- proved toilet facilities [34]. The ... See full document