Notes from the Field: Ebola Virus Disease Response Activities During a Mass Displacement Event After Flooding – Freetown, Sierra Leone, September-November, 2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Bangura, James ; Beamer, Bryan ; Boateng, Isaac ; Conteh, Sulaiman ; Duffy, Nadia ; Ivy, Wade III ; Kamara, Sarian ; Omoko, Anthony ; Pi-Sunyer, Teresa ; Purfield, Anne ; Ratto, Jeffrey ; Redd, John ; Sims, George
• Description:
  Since the start of the Ebola virus disease (Ebola) outbreak in West Africa, Sierra Leone has reported 8,706 confirmed Ebola cases and 3,956 deaths. During September 15-16, 2015, heavy rains flooded the capital, Freetown, resulting in eight deaths, home and property destruction, and thousands of persons in need of assistance. By September 27, approximately 13,000 flood-affected persons registered for flood relief services from the government. Flooding in Freetown caused a disaster that resulted in the loss of life and property and the displacement of thousands of persons into two stadiums during an Ebola outbreak of unprecedented size. Ebola response activities were rapidly established to screen thousands of persons. When possible, Ebola response activities during a disaster need to be consistent with those of the national response. Additional important factors for success include implementation of incident management systems to ensure coordination by various governmental, technical, and implementing partners and to establish and maintain clear and documented protocols for consistent operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Emergencies Emergency Responders Mortality Occupational Health Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Control-systems Disaster Prevention Disaster Response Disease Incidence Disease Prevention Disease Transmission Emergency-responders Emergency-response Emergency-shelters Infection-control Infectious-diseases Management-personnel Medical-screening Mortality-data Mortality-rates Sociological-factors Viral-diseases Viral-infections

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Sierra Leone
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047569
• Citation:
  MMWR 2016 Feb; 65(7):188-189
• Email:
  JRatto@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f20c71b7584834d43522e4a335b387c618e503f61fa1c1be08f1c43effe6d939cf402ed2cfc22ea9f20366c3c108510658d095c8e99a57aaa2e4539ab49eac82
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183201/cdc_183201_DS1.pdf
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