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This publications portal is a repository of all IOM migration health publications from 2006 to present where IOM was a primary contributor.
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Lessons learned for surveillance system strengthening through capacity building and partnership engagement in post-Ebola Guinea, 2015–2019
Author/s: Jennifer J. Hemingway-Foday, Boubacar Ibrahima Diallo, Salomon Compaore, Souleymane Bah, Sakoba Keita, Ibrahima Telly Diallo, Lise D. Martel, Claire J. Standley, Mariama B. Bah, Marlyatou Bah, Djiguiba Camara, Almamy K. Kaba, Lamine Keita, Moussa Kone, Eileen Reynolds, Ousmane Souare, Kristen B. Stolka, Samuel Tchwenko, Abdoulaye Wone, Mary Claire Worrell, Pia D. M. MacDonald
The 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea revealed systematic weaknesses in the existing disease surveillance system, which contributed to delayed detection, underreporting of cases, widespread transmission in Guinea and cross-border transmission to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia, leading to the largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded. Efforts to understand the epidemic's scale and distribution were hindered by problems with data completeness, accuracy, and reliability. In 2017, recognizing…
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Public health emergency management capacity building in Guinea: 2014-2019
Author/s: Lise D. Martel, Michael Phipps, Amadou Traore, Claire J. Standley, Mohamed L. Soumah, Appollinaire Lamah, Abdoulaye Wone, Michael Asima, Alpha M. Barry, Mahawa Berete, Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, Rebecca Katz, Alexandre Robert, Idrissa Sompare, Erin M. Sorrell, Yakaria Toure, Antoine Morel-Vulliez, Sakoba Keita
Abstract
Before the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014-2016, Guinea did not have an emergency management system in place. During the outbreak, Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) 2014-2019 funds made it possible to rapidly improve the country's capacity to manage epidemics through the development of public health emergency operation centres (PHEOCs) at the national and district levels. Since the end of the response, the infrastructure, staff, and systems of these…
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Leveraging Partnerships to Maximize Global Health Security Improvements in Guinea, 2015-2019
Author/s: Claire J. Standley, Pia D. M. MacDonald, Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, Alpha Mahmoud Barry, Ebi Celestin Bile, Doreen L. Collins, Salomon Corvil, Diallo Boubabar Ibrahima, Jennifer J. Hemingway-Foday, Rebecca Katz, Kathy J. Middleton, Eileen M. Reynolds, Erin M. Sorrell, Soumah Mohamed Lamine, Abdoulaye Wone, Lise D. Martel
Abstract
In response to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, a US congressional appropriation provided funds to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support global health security capacity building in 17 partner countries, including Guinea. The 2014 funding enabled CDC to provide more than 300 deployments of personnel to Guinea during the Ebola response, establish a country office, and fund 11 implementing partners through…
Airport Entry and Exit Screening during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014 to 2016
Author/s: Kolitha Wickramage
We present entry and exit screening outcomes on all persons passing through Freetown International Airport (FNA) in Sierra Leone during the period 1st September 2014 to 4th February 2016. A total of 166,242 persons underwent screening for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at FNA. Five persons were denied air travel from Sierra Leone after secondary screening. Laboratory testing revealed none were positive for EVD. No cases were identified through entry screening route. The public health value of…
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Resilience, Courage, and Solidarity: Stories from the Ebola response
Author/s: IOM
This book is dedicated to the numerous staff members who served at the frontlines of IOM's ebola response as well as those in the supportive roles who contributed towards its success.
Content:
- IOM responds to a public health emergency of international concern
- On the road to three ebola treatment units
- Surviving ebola treatment units
- Getting fully equipped to treat ebola patients
- On the frontlines at the community care centre and the…
Recovering from the ebola crisis: IOM's strategic framework for action 2015-2017
Author/s: IOM
West and Central Africa | IOM Ebola Crisis Response | June 2016
Author/s: IOM West and Central Africa
IOM Guinea Ebola Response Situation Report | 21 April to 8 May 2016
Author/s: IOM
- Between April 22 and 29 2016, through its sub-office in N’Zerekore, IOM organized a series of field visits to meet with administrative and military authorities of Koyama, Kpaou, Zénié, Baala, Wolono. That aim of the visit was to inform the authorities about the set-up of health screening points at different border points of entry and introduce the health screening agents to be deployed at these border entry points.
- On April 29, IOM distributed hand washing materials to the…
Guinea Ebola Response Situation Report | 9 to 31 May 2016
Author/s: IOM
- Between May 9 and 13, IOM, in partnership with CDC, launched the first simulation exercise to manage EVD cases at the Madina Oula Point of Entry (PoE), at the border with Sierra Leone. Between May 22 and 26, it launched the second simulation exercise at the PoE of Baala, near Liberia. The main objective of these exercises is to prepare the authorities in charge of the points of entry in detecting, notifying and managing any suspected case of potential epidemic disease…
Ghana - Ebola Situation Report | 28 September 2015
Author/s: IOM Ghana
A 2-day training programme is being provided to build the capacity of border officials at the 8 selected Points of Entry (PoEs). The training, which is being conducted in 2 batches at each PoE, includes presentations on the Impact and Overview of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); Surveillance for EVD and the Recognize, Isolate, Notify and Give Support (RING) Approach; EVD Preparedness and Response at PoEs; Infection Prevention and Control at PoEs; and EVD Standard Operating…
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