Nine Ways We Are Beating the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa

THE HUFFINGTON POST by  Nathalie MacDermott                April 26, 2015
.. Addressing an Ebola epidemic of this scale has taken the international community on a journey never before walked. Previously tried and tested methods have been used as well as novel strategies, but the scale that has been required is unprecedented.

Rapid response medical team outside a mobile treatment facility
Nathalie MacDermott/Samaritan's Purse International Relief

It is also apparent that no 'one size fits all' approach can work - the approach must be multifactorial, addressing the problem at it's roots within the communities where the outbreaks occur, but also on a national level to provide large scale isolation of cases and interrupt transmission of the virus.

Below are nine ways in which we are beating the Ebola epidemic in West Africa:

1. Community awareness and health promotion
2. Community support and psychosocial input
3. Infection prevention and control
4. Community case identification, contact tracing and surveillance
5. Safe burial of dead bodies
6. Isolation of cases in treatment facilities
7. Improving medical treatment and survival rates in facilities
8. Using survivors to engage communities and care for patients
9. Employing rapid response strategies...

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