2020
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-020-00548-5
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Uganda’s experience in Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness, 2018–2019

Abstract: Background: Since the declaration of the 10th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC on 1st Aug 2018, several neighboring countries have been developing and implementing preparedness efforts to prevent EVD cross-border transmission to enable timely detection, investigation, and response in the event of a confirmed EVD outbreak in the country. We describe Uganda's experience in EVD preparedness.

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“…Of these 37 initiatives, 28 were for Ebola, with 25 relating to the 2014–2015 West Africa outbreak from Sierra Leone (n=11), Liberia (n=9), Guinea (n=2), Nigeria (n=1), Ghana (n=1) and one mixed-country study. The remaining three Ebola examples 41–43 were related to the 2018–2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two of which focused on efforts in Uganda. Five community engagement initiatives were used for Zika within the USA and Puerto Rico (n=3), and one each in Singapore and Uruguay.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of these 37 initiatives, 28 were for Ebola, with 25 relating to the 2014–2015 West Africa outbreak from Sierra Leone (n=11), Liberia (n=9), Guinea (n=2), Nigeria (n=1), Ghana (n=1) and one mixed-country study. The remaining three Ebola examples 41–43 were related to the 2018–2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two of which focused on efforts in Uganda. Five community engagement initiatives were used for Zika within the USA and Puerto Rico (n=3), and one each in Singapore and Uruguay.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With the closure of the airport for commercial travel on March 21, 2020, the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Uganda has shifted to other points of entries, at land borders. Porous borders in particular pose a major risk in Uganda, as they did with Ebola [ 33 ]. Focusing of strict border security and screening interventions, including testing of all persons crossing the border, is critical to the continued protection of Uganda.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) is a severe and overwhelmingly fatal disease [30]; death rate is approximately 80% among those infected. It is caused by the EBOV, a member of the filovirus family and occurs in humans and other primates [31].…”
Section: Ebola Virus Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Entry of body fluids (e.g., saliva, vomit, sweat, urine, feces, semen, breast milk, blood, vaginal fluid, etc.) through broken skin or mucous membranes in the nose, mouth, or eyes can cause infections [30]. With other filoviruses, EBOVs can be transmitted from an animal reservoir or intermediate host to a primary human case in a single zoonotic spillover event.…”
Section: Ebola Virus Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%