Ebola wreaks havoc in Sierra Leone

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Shan Lv¹  Mohamed Koroma² 

[1] WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China;Freetown City Council, Freetown, Sierra Leone

关键词: Government;    Measures;    Control;    Outbreak;    Ebola virus disease;   

Others  :  1133672
DOI  :  10.1186/2049-9957-4-10

 received in 2014-12-15, accepted in 2015-01-16,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Ebola virus disease has taken a toll on more than 8,000 lives in West Africa in 2014. The most affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The number of people infected by Ebola in Sierra Leone surpassed that of Liberia in the last month in this year and almost half of human cases are distributed in this country.

Discussion

The ignorance on Ebola among people, including health workers at the early stage, plaid an important role in spread of Ebola virus disease. Subsequently, Ebola ravages urban settings for the first time and takes a huge toll on the lives. The government and international partners do make efforts to control the epidemic, however, lack of synergy make them lip service.

Summary

The leading role of government in the response to the epidemic should be emphasized. Basic information of Ebola should be quickly spread among communities by health education programme and social mobilization should be a basic measure for Ebola control.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Koroma and Lv; licensee BioMed Central.

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