Strengthening Health Systems while Responding to a Health Crisis: Lessons Learned by a Nongovernmental Organization during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Sierra Leone

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages S153-S163

  Cancedda, Corrado ^a,b,d   Davis, Sheila M ^a   DIerberg, Kerry L ^a,b   Lascher, Jonathan ^a   Kelly, J Daniel ^b,g,j   Barrie, Mohammed Bailor ^a,d,j   Koroma, Alimamy Philip ^m   George, Peter ^o   Kamara, Adikali Alpha ⁿ   Marsh, Ronald ^k   Sumbuya, Manso S ^l   Nutt, Cameron T ^a,d   Scott, Kirstin W ^d   Thomas, Edgar ^a   Bollbach, Katherine ^a   Sesay, Andrew ^a,j   Barrie, Ahmidu ^a,j   Barrera, Elizabeth ^a   Barron, Kathryn ^a   Welch, John ^a,e   Bhadelia, Nahid ^a,f   Frankfurter, Raphael G ^a,j   Dahl, Ophelia M ^a   Das, Sarthak ^a   Rollins, Rebecca E ^a   Eustis, Bryan ^a   Schwartz, Amanda ^a   Pertile, Piero ^a   Pavlopoulos, Ilias ^a   Mayfield, Allan ^a   Marsh, Regan H ^a,c,d   DIbba, Yusupha ^a,j   Kloepper, Danielle ^a   Hall, Andrew ^a   Huster, Karin ^a,p   Grady, Michael ^a   Spray, Kimberly ^a   Walton, David A ^a,b   Daboh, Fodei ^a,j   Nally, Cora ^a   James, Sahr ^a,j   Warren, Gabriel S ^a   Chang, Joyce ^a   Drasher, Michael ^a   Lamin, Gina ^a,j   Bangura, Sherry ^a,j   Miller, Ann C ^d   Michaelis, Annie P ^a   McBain, Ryan ^a   Broadhurst, M Jana ^a   Murray, Megan ^a,b,d   Richardson, Eugene T ^a,b,h,i   Philip, Ted ^a   Gottlieb, Gary L ^a   Mukherjee, Joia S ^a,b,d   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,d   more..

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Global Health Equity   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Wellbody Alliance   (United States)

^k Koidu Government Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

^l Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^m Princess Christian Maternity Hospital   (Pakistan)

ⁿ MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^o Port Loko Government Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ebola; Emergency response; Health system strengthening; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84990990326     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw345     Document Type: Article

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