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Evidence for a decrease in transmission of Ebola virus — Lofa County, Liberia, June 8–November 1, 2014

Sharma A, Heijenberg N, Peter C, Bolongei J, Reeder B,  et al.
2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2014-11-14 • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?
Lofa County in Liberia has one of the highest numbers of reported cases of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in West Africa. Government health offic...
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Research

SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting – evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR)

El-Khatib, Shah M, Zallappa SN, Nabeth P, Guerra J,  et al.
2018-10-24 • Conflict and Health
2018-10-24 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
It is a challenge in low-resource settings to ensure the availability of complete, timely disease surveillance information. Smartphone applications (apps) have the potenti...
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Commentary

Oral cholera vaccine in cholera prevention and control, Malawi

Mbangombe M, Pezzoli L, Reeder B, Kabuluzi S, Msyamboza K,  et al.
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM
With limited global supplies of oral cholera vaccine, countries need to identify priority areas for vaccination while longer-term solutions, such as water and sanitation infr...
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The impact of control strategies and behavioural changes on the elimination of ebola from Lofa County, Liberia

Funk S, Ciglenecki I, Tiffany A, Gignoux EM, Camacho A,  et al.
2017-04-10 • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-04-10 • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was stopped by an enormous concerted effort of local communities and national and international organizations. It is not clear, however, how much the pu...