A practical community-based response strategy to interrupt Ebola transmission in sierra Leone, 2014–2015

ZJ Li, WX Tu, XC Wang, GQ Shi, ZD Yin, HJ Su… - Infectious diseases of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The Ebola virus disease spread rapidly in West Africa in 2014, leading
to the loss of thousands of lives. Community engagement was one of the key strategies to …

Considerations for use of Ebola vaccine during an emergency response

JA Walldorf, EA Cloessner, TB Hyde, A MacNeil… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Vaccination against Ebola virus disease is a tool that may limit disease transmission and
deaths in future outbreaks, integrated within traditional Ebola outbreak prevention and …

The lasting influence of Ebola: a qualitative study of community-level behaviors, trust, and perceptions three years after the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic in Liberia

RF Arthur, LM Horng, AF Tandanpolie, JR Gilstad… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
The majority of disease transmission during the 2014-16 West Africa Ebola epidemic was
driven by community-based behaviors that proved difficult to change in a social paradigm of …

Ebola virus disease: A review for the emergency medicine clinician

S Chavez, A Koyfman, M Gottlieb, WJ Brady… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Ebolavirus, the causative agent of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been
responsible for sporadic outbreaks mainly in sub-Saharan Africa since 1976. EVD is …

Community-based reports of morbidity, mortality, and health-seeking behaviours in four Monrovia communities during the West African Ebola epidemic

KE McLean, SA Abramowitz, JD Ball, J Monger… - Global Public …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of this study was to assess morbidity, mortality, and health-seeking behaviours
during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia. This study examined commonly …

Serologic markers for ebolavirus among healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA Hoff, P Mukadi, RH Doshi… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Healthcare settings have played a major role in propagation of Ebola virus (EBOV)
outbreaks. Healthcare workers (HCWs) have elevated risk of contact with EBOV-infected …

Early and mid-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical, behavioral and mental health of healthcare professionals: the CoPE-HCP study protocol

MY Khanji, C Maniero, S Ng, I Siddiqui, J Gupta… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented strain to healthcare systems
worldwide and posed unique challenges to the healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the …

West Africa 2013: re‐examining Ebola

DG Bausch, A Rojek - Emerging Infections 10, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that began in Guinea in 2013 and then rapidly
spread through Liberia and Sierra Leone lasted over 2 years and resulted in over 28,500 …

Supportive care of the first 2 Ebola virus disease patients at the Monrovia Medical Unit

KK Wong, CL Perdue, J Malia… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We describe the first 2 patients admitted to the Monrovia Medical Unit, a facility established
to treat Liberian and international response workers with suspected or known Ebola virus …

Retention in care for HIV-infected patients in the eye of the Ebola storm: lessons from Monrovia, Liberia

P Tattevin, MK Baysah, G Raguin, J Toomey… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
According to the World Health Organization 1 December report, Liberia is the country most
affected by the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, with an estimated number of 7635 …