Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015

MF Jalloh, W Li, RE Bunnell, KA Ethier, A O'Leary… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Background The mental health impact of the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic has been
described among survivors, family members and healthcare workers, but little is known …

Community-based HIV prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: results of a cross-sectional household survey

ABM Kharsany, C Cawood, D Khanyile, L Lewis… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background In high HIV burden settings, maximising the coverage of prevention strategies is
crucial to achieving epidemic control. However, little is known about the reach and effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola response impact on public health programs, West Africa, 2014–2017

BJ Marston, EK Dokubo, A van Steelandt… - Emerging infectious …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Events such as the 2014–2015 West Africa epidemic of Ebola virus disease highlight the
importance of the capacity to detect and respond to public health threats. We describe …

The 117 call alert system in Sierra Leone: from rapid Ebola notification to routine death reporting

C Alpren, MF Jalloh, R Kaiser, M Diop, SAS Kargbo… - BMJ Global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
A toll-free, nationwide phone alert system was established for rapid notification and
response during the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. The system remained in …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure patterns driving Ebola transmission in West Africa: a retrospective observational study

International Ebola Response Team… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The ongoing West African Ebola epidemic began in December 2013 in Guinea,
probably from a single zoonotic introduction. As a result of ineffective initial control efforts, an …

Assessments of Ebola knowledge, attitudes and practices in forécariah, Guinea and Kambia, Sierra Leone, July–August 2015

MF Jalloh, R Bunnell, S Robinson… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The border region of Forécariah (Guinea) and Kambia (Sierra Leone) was of immense
interest to the West Africa Ebola response. Cross-sectional household surveys with multi …

Defining collaborative surveillance to improve decision making for public health emergencies and beyond

BN Archer, P Abdelmalik, S Cognat, PE Grand, JA Mott… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale infectious disease outbreaks, such as
cholera, measles, and mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), are part of a global pattern of …

Implementing a multisite clinical trial in the midst of an Ebola outbreak: lessons learned from the Sierra Leone trial to introduce a vaccine against Ebola

RJ Carter, A Idriss, MA Widdowson… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE), a phase 2/3
trial of investigational rVSV∆ G-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, was conducted during an …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus disease—sierra leone and guinea, August 2015

S Hersey, LD Martel, A Jambai, S Keita, Z Yoti… - MMWR Morb Mortal …, 2015 - cdc.gov
The Ebola virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa began in late 2013 in Guinea (1)
and spread unchecked during early 2014. By mid-2014, it had become the first Ebola …

Assessment of VaxTrac electronic immunization registry in an urban district in Sierra Leone: Implications for data quality, defaulter tracking, and policy

MF Jalloh, A Namageyo-Funa, B Gleason, AS Wallace… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In 2016, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS)
piloted VaxTrac, an electronic immunization registry (EIR), in an urban district to improve …