Ebola Holding Units at government hospitals in Sierra Leone: Evidence for a flexible and effective model for safe isolation, early treatment initiation, hospital safety and health system functioning

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Johnson, Oliver ^a   Youkee, Daniel ^a   Brown, Colin S ^a,b   Lado, Marta ^a   Wurie, Alie ^c   Bash Taqi, Donald ^c   Hall, Andy ^a   Hanciles, Eva ^d   Kamara, Isata ^d   Kamara, Cecilia ^d   Kamboz, Amardeep ^a   Seedat, Ahmed ^a   Thomas, Suzanne ^a   Kamara, T B ^d,e   Leather, Andrew J M ^a   Kargbo, Brima ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^d Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

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EID: 84988451976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000030     Document Type: Article

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