CDC’s Response to the 2014–2016 Ebola Epidemic — Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
2016; Volume: 65; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.15585/mmwr.su6503a3
ISSN2380-8950
AutoresBenjamin A. Dahl, Michael H. Kinzer, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Athalia Christie, Kevin M. De Cock, Frank Mahoney, Sarah Bennett, Sara Hersey, Oliver Morgan,
Tópico(s)Global Security and Public Health
Resumohealth authorities realized in June that the outbreak was not contained.By mid-2014, the situation had evolved into an international public health crisis as the first documented multicountry Ebola epidemic.Ongoing transmission occurred in multiple districts in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, including in these countries' densely populated urban areas (2).Before this epidemic, CDC presence in all three countries was very limited, and most early support for the response was provided through short-term (4-to 6-week) assignments of staff from headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and CDC's international country offices.In response to the evolving crisis, on July 9, 2014, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and committed agency support to assist the governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.Deployed staff comprised epidemiologists, data managers, public health advisors, laboratory Overview of ResponseThe Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic in West Africa (Figure 1) began in late 2013 in Guinea (1) and quickly spread to neighboring countries during early 2014.The epidemic is believed to have originated as an epizootic case of Ebola in Guinea (1) that led to local person-to-person spread of disease, initially in remote semirural areas of West Africa.However, with subsequent introductions of Ebola into urban areas, new cases occurred rapidly, and contacts moved across borders, facilitating uncontrolled spread.Early international aid provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and CDC initially appeared to help curtail the outbreak in March and April 2014.
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