Implication of Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Ebola Virus Disease Transmission

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1862
Author(s):  
Philemon Manliura Datilo ◽  
Zuhaimy Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Ebola Virus Disease ◽  
Uncertainty And Sensitivity Analysis

Rising to the Challenge: The Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone and How Insights Into One Nongovernmental Organization’s Response Can Inform Future Core Competencies

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin A. Gursky
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Hepatitis A ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Ebola Virus Disease ◽  
Core Competences

AbstractNongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a critical humanitarian role in the developing world. Over 100 NGOs currently operate in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa that ranks 183 out of 187 in the United Nation’s Human Development Index. Following a brutal 11-year war that ended in January 2002, the country has been unsuccessful at building a sufficiently resourced, robust, and anticipatory public health and medical care infrastructure. Consequently, Sierra Leone suffers from high levels of poverty, infant mortality, and limited access to safe drinking water, as well as morbidity from malnutrition, diarrheal diseases, hepatitis A, cholera, and typhoid fever. Large international NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders have attempted to fill the void left by fragile and fragmented government health services but have been overwhelmed and saturated by the continual spread of Ebola virus disease and growing numbers of cases and deaths. Smaller NGOs endeavored to assist during this crisis as well. One of them, Caritas, has actively sought public health knowledge and has applied public health principles to reduce and contain Ebola virus disease transmission. The Ebola outbreak illuminates the importance of building basic public health capabilities within the core competences of NGOs.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:554–557)

scholarly journals Assessing the determinants of Ebola Virus Disease Transmission in Baka Community of the Tropical Rainforest of Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy ◽  
Alphonse Um Bock ◽  
Jane-Francis Kihla Tatah Akoachere
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Congo Basin ◽  
Ebola Virus Disease ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Risk Of Exposure

Abstract Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness in humans and nonhuman primates caused by the Ebola virus. The recently approved rVSV-EBOV vaccine is not available in many high-risk countries hence prevention is paramount. Design of effective prevention interventions requires an understanding of the factors that expose communities at risk. It was based on this that we investigated the Baka community of Abong-Mbang Health District in tropical rain forest of Cameroon.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with participants randomly selected from 13 villages in Abong-Mbang by multi-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire was administered to them to collect demographic information, data on knowledge of EVD, their feeding and health-seeking behaviour. Data was analyzed using the chi-square test. Knowledge of EVD was assessed using an 8 item Morisky Scale. An adapted Threat Capability Basic Risk Assessment Guide was used to determine their risk of exposure to infection.Results: A total of 510 participants, most of whom were hunters (31.4%), farmers (29.8%), and had primary education (62.7%), were included in this study. Although 83.3% participants had heard of EVD, most (71%) did not know its cause. Their source of information was mainly informal discussions in the community (49%). Misconceptions were identified with regards to the cause and mode of transmission. Only 43.1% accepted EVD could be transmitted from human-to-human. Generally, participants’ knowledge of EVD was poor. Demographic factors such as level of education, occupation and ethnic group significantly affected knowledge of EVD. The majority of participants were at a very high risk of exposure to infection as they consumed various forms of bush meat and were involved in other risky practices such as scarification and touching of corpses. Although over half of participants seek medical care, most of them preferred traditional medicine. Socio-cultural and service-related factors were deterrent factors to medical care. Conclusion: Participants generally had poor knowledge of EVD and were at high risk of infection. We recommend rigorous sensitization campaigns in the study area to educate the population on EVD and clarify the misconceptions identified. EVD surveillance is recommended particularly as outbreaks have often been reported in the Congo Basin

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