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Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone

Caleo G, Lokuge K, Kardamanidis K, Greig J, Belava J,  et al.
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
2024-04-25 • Global Health Action
BACKGROUND
There is a lack of empirical data on design effects (DEFF) for mortality rate for highly clustered data such as with Ebola virus disease (EVD), along with a lack of docume...
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Maternal and child health care seeking behaviour: a household survey and interview study in an urban and rural area of Sierra Leone, 2016

Elston JWT, Snag S, Kazungu DS, Jimissa A, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
To describe health seeking behaviour during pregnancy, for childbirth and in children under the age of five years, and to identify barriers to accessing and receiving healthcare services...
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Ebola Management Centre Proximity Associated With Reduced Delays of Healthcare of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Patients, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, 2014-15

Theocharopoulos G, Danis K, Greig J, Hoffmann A, De Valk H,  et al.
2017-05-01 • PLOS One
2017-05-01 • PLOS One
Between August-December 2014, Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients from Tonkolili District were referred for care to two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Management Centres (EMCs) outs...
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Maternal health after Ebola: unmet needs and barriers to healthcare in rural Sierra Leone

Elston JWT, Danis K, Gray NSB, West H, West KP,  et al.
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
Sierra Leone has the world’s highest estimated maternal mortality. Following the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak, we described health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour amongst pregnant women ...
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Successful Control of Ebola Virus Disease: Analysis of Service Based Data from Rural Sierra Leone

Lokuge K, Caleo GNC, Greig J, Duncombe J, McWilliam N,  et al.
2016-03-09 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2016-03-09 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The scale and geographical distribution of the current outbreak in West Africa raised doubts as to the effectiveness of established methods of control. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was firs...
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Impact and lessons learned from mass drug administrations of malaria chemoprevention during the Ebola outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, 2014

Kuehne A, Tiffany A, Lasry E, Janssens M, Besse C,  et al.
2016-08-31 • PLOS One
2016-08-31 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
In October 2014, during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia healthcare services were limited while malaria transmission continued. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) implemented a m...
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Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015

Nic Lochlainn LM, Gayton I, Theocharopoulos G, Edwards R, Danis K,  et al.
2018-01-03 • PLOS One
2018-01-03 • PLOS One
During the 2014-16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, the Magburaka Ebola Management Centre (EMC) operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, identif...
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Clinical and epidemiological performance of WHO Ebola case definitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Caleo GNC, Theocharaki F, Lokuge K, Weiss HA, Inamdar L,  et al.
2020-06-25 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2020-06-25 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Background
Ebola virus disease case definition is a crucial surveillance tool to detect suspected cases for referral and as a screening tool for clinicians to support admission and ...