Feasibility and challenges in sustaining a community based surveillance system in post-Ebola Sierra Leone
Abstract Background In outbreak-prone settings, community-based surveillance (CBS) systems can alert health authorities to respond in a timely manner where suspected cases of disease are being reported. After the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak, the WHO and other stakeholders supported the establishment of...
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| Main Authors: | Christina Mergenthaler, Ankie van den Broek, Noor Tromp, Kimberly Nehal, Jip Janssen, Shiyong Wang, T. T. Samba, Mohammed Vandhi, Alpha Augustin Kombo, Osman Sankoh, M. Koblo Kamara, Mirjam I. Bakker |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-11-01
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| Series: | Conflict and Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-024-00618-0 |
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