Incident Management Systems Are Essential for Effective Coordination of Large Disease Outbreaks: Perspectives from the Coordination of the Ebola Outbreak Response in Sierra Leone

Frontiers in Public Health

Olushayo Oluseun Olu¹ 

关键词: Ebola virus disease;    outbreak response;    coordination;    incident management system;    Sierra Leone;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00254

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundResponse to the 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelmed the national capacity to contain it and necessitated a massive international response and strong coordination platform. Consequently, the Sierra Leone Government, with support of the international humanitarian community, established and implemented various models for national coordination of the outbreak. In this article, we review the strengths and limitations of the EVD outbreak response coordination systems in Sierra Leone and propose recommendations for improving coordination of similar outbreaks in the future.

【 授权许可】

CC BY