Ebola — An Ongoing Crisis

Baden, Lindsey R.; Kanapathipillai, Rupa; Campion, Edward W.; Morrissey, Stephen; Rubín, Eric J.; Drazen, Jeffrey M.

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“…Working while completely shrouded in impervious fabric, health workers were drenched in perspiration while experiencing labored breathing, sweat-blurred vision, air hunger, and claustrophobia. Grappling with the fog of fatigue, some professionals became infected when they accidentally breached some element of the elaborate protocols for safely putting on or removing the suits [63–65]. …”

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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Shultz

Cooper

Baingana

et al. 2016

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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The 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease pandemic was the largest, longest, deadliest, and most geographically expansive outbreak in the 40-year interval since Ebola was first identified. Fear-related behaviors played an important role in shaping the outbreak. Fear-related behaviors are defined as “individual or collective behaviors and actions initiated in response to fear reactions that are triggered by a perceived threat or actual exposure to a potentially traumatizing event. FRBs modify the future risk of harm.” This review examines how fear-related behaviors were implicated in (1) accelerating the spread of Ebola, (2) impeding the utilization of life-saving Ebola treatment, (3) curtailing the availability of medical services for treatable conditions, (4) increasing the risks for new-onset psychological distress and psychiatric disorders, and (5) amplifying the downstream cascades of social problems. Fear-related behaviors are identified for each of these outcomes. Particularly notable are behaviors such as treating Ebola patients in home or private clinic settings, the “laying of hands” on Ebola-infected individuals to perform faith-based healing, observing hands-on funeral and burial customs, foregoing available life-saving treatment, and stigmatizing Ebola survivors and health professionals. Future directions include modeling the onset, operation, and perpetuation of fear-related behaviors and devising strategies to redirect behavioral responses to mass threats in a manner that reduces risks and promotes resilience.

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Section: Fear-related Behaviors In the 2013–2106 Evd Outbreakmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Shultz

Cooper

Baingana

et al. 2016

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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233

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“…In the absence of a vaccine or treatment for Ebola, the disease has alarmed the global public health community and caused panic among some segments of the population. The fear associated with Ebola, a deadly disease that respects no borders or socioeconomic status, has captured the attention of the global health community (Baden et al, 2014). Although Ebola has been around since 1976 (Piot, 2012), with past outbreaks contained in Uganda and Congo, many people do not have the knowledge of how the disease is contracted and spread, and, thus, fears and myths continue unabated.…”

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The Ebola epidemic in West Africa: Challenges, opportunities, and policy priority areas

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The ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa has drawn attention to global health inequalities, in particular the inadequacies of health care systems in sub-Saharan African countries for appropriately managing and containing infectious diseases. The purpose of this article is to examine the sociopolitical and economic conditions that created the environment for the Ebola epidemic to occur, identify challenges to and opportunities for the prevention and control of Ebola and future outbreaks, and discuss policy recommendations and priority areas for addressing the Ebola epidemic and future outbreaks in West Africa. Articles in peer-reviewed journals on health system reforms in developing countries and periodicals of international organizations were used to gather the overview reported in this article. We identify individual, structural, and community challenges that must be addressed in an effort to reduce the spread of Ebola in West Africa. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa underscores the need for the overhaul and transformation of African health care systems to build the capacity in these countries to address infectious diseases. Public-private partnerships for investment in developing countries' health care systems that involve the international community are critical in addressing the current Ebola epidemic and future outbreaks.

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“…[2] It is important that all the members of global health communityhealth care workers, scientists, regulators, funders, government and local communities come together to control this emerging outbreak. [27] Timely control will require convincing community leaders and health staff that isolation and rapid burial practice are mandatory and that only trained qualified and properly equipped health care workers should have contact with deceased patients. [28] Vaccine There are only two vaccines CAd3 -EBOV (CAd3) from Glaxo Smith Kline and US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), and rVSVAG-EBOV-GP (rVSV) from New Link Genetics and the Public Health Agency of Canada are undergoing Phase I Clincal trial to determine the level of humoral and cellular immunity that can be induced.…”

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Ebola Virus Disease: Emerging Outbreak

Bali

Singh

Kaur

2015

International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

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Ebola Virus Disease or Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever is one of the highly fatal viral disease caused by ebola virus in humans. Mortality rate as high as 90% is reported. Virus is transmitted to humans through bats and other animals infected from bats. Although Ebola Virus Disease is reported since 1976 but currently West Africa is facing the largest outbreak of disease with danger of spread to other parts of the world. More than 5000 cases with mortality of more than 2600 cases has been reported till the end of 3rd quarter of year 2014. There is no specific treatment and vaccination available till date. Mainstay for managing patient is supportive care with early fluid resuscitation and symptomatic treatment. Our main target is to prevent human transmission by educating and supporting the community.

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Ebola — An Ongoing Crisis

Cited by 39 publications

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The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa: Challenges, opportunities, and policy priority areas

Ebola Virus Disease: Emerging Outbreak

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