Polio Outbreak Among Nomads in Chad: Outbreak Response and Lessons Learned

SARS outbreak and lessons learned.

Polio outbreak response in Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND Ethiopia had been polio-free for almost four years until December 2004. However, between December 2004 and February 2006, 24 children were paralysed as a result of infection with wild poliovirus imported from the neighbouring country of Sudan. In response, the country has attempted to document the impact of various response measures on the containment of wild poliovirus transmission....

Hospital Management in Infectious Disease Outbreak: Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Background: Biological events including epidemics, pandemics, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases have significant adverse consequences on health. The hospitals have a major role in the management of outbreaks and mitigation of effects. During pandemics health systems especially, hospitals may be affected. Methods: Therefore, the current study aimed to collect and analyze lessons lea...

Ebola haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Masindi District, Uganda: outbreak description and lessons learned

BACKGROUND Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) is infamous for its high case-fatality proportion (CFP) and the ease with which it spreads among contacts of the diseased. We describe the course of the EHF outbreak in Masindi, Uganda, in the year 2000, and report on response activities. METHODS We analysed surveillance records, hospital statistics, and our own observations during response activities...

Polio outbreak investigation and response in Somalia, 2013.

BACKGROUND For >2 decades, conflicts and recurrent natural disasters have maintained Somalia in a chronic humanitarian crisis. For nearly 5 years, 1 million children <10 years have not had access to lifesaving health services, including vaccination, resulting in the accumulation by 2012 of the largest geographically concentrated cohort of unvaccinated children in the world. This article reviews...