Recommendations for the COVID-19 Response at the National Level Based on Lessons Learned from the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Autor: | Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Michel Yao, Chantal Umutoni, Linda Meta Mobula, Thibaut Jombart, Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Emanuele Bruni, Luigi Minikulu, Mathias Mossoko, Jean-Pierre Lokonga, Abdou Salam Gueye, Simone E Carter, Hadia Samaha, Boubacar Diallo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Pneumonia Viral Armed conflict medicine.disease_cause West africa Perspective Piece 03 medical and health sciences Betacoronavirus 0302 clinical medicine Virology Pandemic parasitic diseases medicine Humans National level Socioeconomics Pandemics media_common Ebola virus SARS-CoV-2 Communication Community Participation Outbreak COVID-19 Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Democracy Infectious Diseases Geography Communicable Disease Control Epidemiological Monitoring Democratic Republic of the Congo Parasitology Coronavirus Infections Case Management |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | The tenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared 8 days after the end of the ninth EVD outbreak, in the Equateur Province on August 1, 2018. With a total of 3,461 confirmed and probable cases, the North Kivu outbreak was the second largest outbreak after that in West Africa in 2014–2016, and the largest observed in the DRC. This outbreak was difficult to control because of multiple challenges, including armed conflict, population displacement, movement of contacts, community mistrust, and high population density. It took more than 21 months to control the outbreak, with critical innovations and systems put into place. We describe systems that were put into place during the EVD response in the DRC that can be leveraged for the response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. |
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