Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: lessons learned and issues arising from West African countries
Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa: lessons learned and issues arising from West African countries
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DOI：
10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-54
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Taylor-Robinson, Simon D.
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作者：
Oleribe, Obinna O.;Salako, Babatunde L.;Taylor-Robinson, Simon D.
目前肆虐西非三个国家的埃博拉病毒病（EVD）疫情已影响到14 000多人，造成5 000多人死亡。这是有史以来持续时间最长、传播范围最广的埃博拉疫情。在撰写本概述时（撰写于2014年11月），尼日利亚和塞内加尔已经影响了8个不同的国家，能够在创纪录的时间内控制和消除病毒。尽管加纳与受影响国家有着经济和社会关系，但迄今为止，加纳成功地使病毒远离了该国。在当前的疫情中，我们可以从尼日利亚、塞内加尔和加纳学到什么教训？世界如何改善低收入和中等收入国家的卫生系统，以有效管理未来的疫情？最近，皇家医师学院与西非医师学院建立了新的伙伴关系，以减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾和结核病在该区域的影响。我们认为，加强卫生系统、拥有熟练的卫生人力资源和国家对问题的自主权是有效管理埃博拉病毒病等疫情的关键。
The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak ravaging three nations in West Africa has affected more than 14,000 persons and killed over 5,000. It is the longest and most widely spread Ebola epidemic ever seen. At the time of this overview (written November 2014), having affected eight different nations, Nigeria and Senegal were able to control and eliminate the virus within a record time. Ghana has successfully, to date, kept the virus away from the country, despite economic and social relationships with affected nations. What lessons can we learn from Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana in the current epidemic? How can the world improve the health systems in low- and middle-income countries to effectively manage future outbreaks? Recently, the Royal College of Physicians launched a new partnership with the West African College of Physicians to curtail the effects of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the region. We believe that strengthened health systems, skilled human resources for health and national ownership of problems are key to effective management of outbreaks such as EVD.