| social vulnerability and ebola virus disease in rural liberia. | the ebola virus disease (evd) epidemic that has stricken thousands of people in the three west african countries of liberia, sierra leone, and guinea highlights the lack of adaptive capacity in post-conflict countries. the scarcity of health services in particular renders these populations vulnerable to multiple interacting stressors including food insecurity, climate change, and the cascading effects of disease epidemics such as evd. however, the spatial distribution of vulnerable rural populat ... | 2015 | 26325519 |
| initiation of a ring approach to infection prevention and control at non-ebola health care facilities - liberia, january-february 2015. | from mid-january to mid-february 2015, all confirmed ebola virus disease (ebola) cases that occurred in liberia were epidemiologically linked to a single index patient from the st. paul bridge area of montserrado county. of the 22 confirmed patients in this cluster, eight (36%) sought and received care from at least one of 10 non-ebola health care facilities (hcfs), including clinics and hospitals in montserrado and margibi counties, before admission to an ebola treatment unit. after recognition ... | 2015 | 25974636 |
| community engagement in liberia: routine immunization post-ebola. | a national integrated polio, measles, and deworming campaign was implemented across liberia may 8-14, 2015. the community engagement and social mobilization component of the campaign was based on structures that had been invested in during the ebola response. this article provides an overview of the community engagement and social mobilization activities that were conducted and reports the key findings of a rapid qualitative assessment conducted immediately after the campaign that focused on com ... | 2017 | 28854140 |
| knowledge, attitudes, and practices among members of households actively monitored or quarantined to prevent transmission of ebola virus disease - margibi county, liberia: february-march 2015. | in early 2015, a patient from a cluster of cases of ebola virus disease (evd) in monrovia, liberia traveled to a rural village in margibi county, potentially exposing numerous persons. the patient died in the village and post-mortem testing confirmed ebola virus infection. problem the margibi county health team (cht; kakata, margibi, liberia) needed to prevent further transmission of evd within and outside of the affected villages, and they needed to better understand the factors that support or ... | 2017 | 28748776 |