WASH activities at two Ebola treatment units in Sierra Leone

Author(s)
Mallow, M., Gary, L., Jeng, T., Bongomin, B., Aschkenasy, M. T., Wallis, P., Cranmer, H. H., Debasu, E. and Levine, A. C.
Pages
11pp
Date published
24 May 2018
Publisher
PloS One
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Epidemics & pandemics, Health

The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest in history. Starting in September 2014, International Medical Corps (IMC) operated five Ebola treatment units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This paper explores how future infectious disease outbreak facilities in resource-limited settings can be planned, organized, and managed by analyzing data collected on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention control (IPC) protocols.