Improving Ebola infection prevention and control in primary healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone: A single-group pretest post-test, mixed-methods study

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Ratnayake, Ruwan ^a   Ho, Lara S ^b   Ansumana, Rashid ^c   Brown, Hannah ^d   Borchert, Matthias ^e   Miller, Laura ^f   Kratz, Thomas ^g   McMahon, Shannon A ^h   Sahr, Foday ⁱ  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^b International Rescue Committee   (United States)

^c Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f International Rescue Committee   (Sierra Leone)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

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EID: 85028615776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000103     Document Type: Article

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