A community-based contact isolation strategy to reduce the spread of Ebola virus disease: an analysis of the 2018–2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Autor: Antoine Flahault, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Alexandre Delamou, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Samuel T Boland, Olivia Keiser, Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Hamadou Boiro, Mory Keïta, Abdou Salam Gueye, Jonathan A Polonsky, Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu, Adama Dakissaga, Lamine Diassy, John Kombe Ngwama, Houssainatou Bah, Michel Kasereka Tosalisana, Richard Kitenge Omasumbu, Ibrahima Sory Chérif, Abdoulaye Yam, Stéphanie Dagron

Publikováno v: BMJ Global Health, Vol 8, Iss 6 (2023)

Introduction Despite tremendous progress in the development of diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for Ebola virus disease (EVD), challenges remain in the implementation of holistic strategies to rapidly curtail outbreaks. We investigated the effe

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Case Report: COVID-19 and Lassa Fever Coinfection in an Ebola Suspected Patient in Guinea

Autor: Mory Keita, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Billy Sivahera, Samuel T. Boland, Freddy Banza-Mutoka, Mamadou Kourouma, Alseny Modet Camara, Youssouf Sidibe, Jean Paul Kimenyi, Lamine Diassy, Angelo Loua, Ibrahima Sory Fofana, Youba Kandako, Dobo Onivogui, Enogo Koivogui, Tamba Jacques Millimono, Fode Diakite, Mamadou Balde, Bienvenu Houndjo, Ngoy Nsenga, Ambrose Talisuna, Alexandre Delamou, Olivia Keiser, Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, Abdou Salam Gueye

In this case report, we describe a clinical presentation and therapeutic history of a unique case diagnosed with Lassa fever and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a 23-year-old man from Yomou prefecture in southeast Guin

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Civil-military relations: a review of major guidelines and their relevance during public health emergencies

Autor: S Gordon, Louis Lillywhite, Samuel T Boland, Colin McInnes

Publikováno v: BMJ Military Health. 167:99-106

The operational and policy complexity of civil-military relations (CMR) during public health emergencies, especially those involving militaries from outside the state concerned, is addressed in several guiding international documents. Generally, thes

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001505

Understanding medical civil-military relationships within the humanitarian-development-peace 'triple nexus': a typology to enable effective discourse

Autor: Samuel T Boland, S Horne

Publikováno v: Horne, S & Boland, S T 2019, ' Understanding medical civil-military relationships within the humanitarian-development-peace ‘triple nexus’: a typology to enable effective discourse ', Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps .

The interface between humanitarianism, development and peacebuilding is becoming increasingly congested. Western government foreign policies have shifted towards a pro-active stabilisation agenda and Civil-Military Relationships (CMRel) will inevitab

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32152207

Overcoming Operational Challenges to Ebola Case Investigation in Sierra Leone

Autor: Allison Connolly, Adam Hoar, Samuel T Boland, Tom Sesay, Erin Polich, Anh-Minh A Tran

Publikováno v: Global Health: Science and Practice

Deficiencies in transportation and communication, low frontline staff morale, and mistrust among communities, among other operational challenges, greatly limited Ebola case investigation in Sierra Leone. Recommendations for future outbreaks: (1) time

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