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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © Published by Oxford University Press.
- Subject
- Control, Response, Prevention
- ISSN
- 0022-1899
- eISSN
- 1537-6613
- DOI
- 10.1086/514320
- pmid
- 9988193
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Abstract
On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever (suspected Ebola hemorrhagic fever [EHF]) in the town of Kikwit, DRC. On 11 May, the MSF intervention team assessed Kikwit General Hospital. This initial assessment revealed a nonfunctional isolation ward for suspected EHF cases; a lack of water and electricity; no waste disposal system; and no protective gear for medical staff. The priorities set by MSF were to establish a functional isolation ward to deal with EHF and to distribute protective supplies to individuals who were involved with patient care. Before the intervention, 67 health workers contracted EHF; after the initiation of control measures, just 3 cases were reported among health staff and none among Red Cross volunteers involved in body burial.
Journal
Journal of Infectious Diseases – Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 1, 1999