A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response
The frequency and magnitude of recognized and declared filovirus-disease outbreaks have increased in recent years, while pathogenic filoviruses are potentially ubiquitous throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile, the efficiency and effectiveness of filovirus-disease outbreak preparedness and respons...
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| description | The frequency and magnitude of recognized and declared filovirus-disease outbreaks have increased in recent years, while pathogenic filoviruses are potentially ubiquitous throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile, the efficiency and effectiveness of filovirus-disease outbreak preparedness and response efforts are currently limited by inherent challenges and persistent shortcomings. This paper delineates some of these challenges and shortcomings and provides a proposal for enhancing future filovirus-disease outbreak preparedness and response. The proposal serves as a call for prompt action by the organizations that comprise filovirus-disease outbreak response teams, namely, Ministries of Health of outbreak-prone countries, the World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Atlanta, and others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-666cefbfe7204cbb88e89944b9e0197a2022-12-22T03:44:55ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152014-09-016103699371810.3390/v6103699v6103699A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and ResponsePaul Roddy0Independent Epidemiology Consultant, Barcelona, 08010, SpainThe frequency and magnitude of recognized and declared filovirus-disease outbreaks have increased in recent years, while pathogenic filoviruses are potentially ubiquitous throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile, the efficiency and effectiveness of filovirus-disease outbreak preparedness and response efforts are currently limited by inherent challenges and persistent shortcomings. This paper delineates some of these challenges and shortcomings and provides a proposal for enhancing future filovirus-disease outbreak preparedness and response. The proposal serves as a call for prompt action by the organizations that comprise filovirus-disease outbreak response teams, namely, Ministries of Health of outbreak-prone countries, the World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Atlanta, and others.http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/6/10/3699EbolaebolavirusMarburg virusmarburgvirusFiloviridaefilovirusoutbreakpreparednessresponsedata collectiontreatmentguidelinessurveillance |
| spellingShingle | Paul Roddy A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response Viruses Ebola ebolavirus Marburg virus marburgvirus Filoviridae filovirus outbreak preparedness response data collection treatment guidelines surveillance |
| title | A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response |
| title_full | A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response |
| title_fullStr | A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response |
| title_short | A Call to Action to Enhance Filovirus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response |
| title_sort | call to action to enhance filovirus disease outbreak preparedness and response |
| topic | Ebola ebolavirus Marburg virus marburgvirus Filoviridae filovirus outbreak preparedness response data collection treatment guidelines surveillance |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/6/10/3699 |
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