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Journal of Clinical Immunology and Allergy

ISSN: 2471-304X

E u r o p e a n C o n g r e s s o n

Vaccines & Vaccination

and Gynecologic Oncology

Vaccines & Vaccination and Gynecologic Oncology 2018

O c t o b e r 2 6 - 2 7 , 2 0 1 8

B u d a p e s t , H u n g a r y

uring the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, the Ministry of health with the support of international partners, set up a National Strategy

to stop the disease propagation and control the epidemic all over the country. A year later, a qualitative survey within the most af-

fected areas including the health district of Gueckedou, Forécariah, Coyah, and Conakry in which around 100 people were questioned.

The in depth interviews targeted stakeholders, partner organization managers, center of Ebola care and treatment managers, commu-

nity leaders, traditional hailers , mass media officers, community animators, and secured burial teams and the focus group discussion

with youths, women association, health workers, community members. The mains objectives of the evaluation were to pinpoint the

overall effectiveness of the epidemic control activities; know the perceptions and the lessons learned during the epidemic; gather the

main recommendations to the control of epidemic like Ebola in a given country. The evaluation results showed that: The majority (90%)

of the interviewees has never heard about Ebola before the outbreak of 2014, those who have heard were informed during their training

in medical school (virology) or via mass media on the previous epidemic in RD Congo. (85%) of them declared being reached through

infection of a family member, neighbored, colleague or a well-known health professional. Seven out of 10 interviewees recognized the

plus values and the efficiency of the international organization supports help to control of the epidemic think the disease was sent by

stringers for experimentation purpose. The most contributing activities to the outbreak control were the multimedia communication

(70%), the case management (70%), and the distribution of hygiene kits (90%) (hand washing devices, soap, and chlorine), and the na-

tional committee coordination (40%), the training of the response actors, the community engagement (90%), and the strengthening of

the laboratory system (50%). The weaknesses of the Ebola response were: the discrepancy of the early message spread (which caused

fear and panic among the population); the late of funding and international intervention; the multiplicity of the managing protocol used

by the various partners; the "low level of skill of health workers to the prevention and infection control; the late of the community en-

gagement and the reticence occurred. The majority of interviewees recommend that most important action to be taken to control an

epidemic, like Ebola, should be: an early deflation of the epidemic by WHO; a quick and efficient international mobilization; an efficient

carefulness actions to save the victims; an harmonized information about the epidemic; an early involvement of all actors including

Communities leaders, Socio-anthropologists, traditional healers, youth women association; Almost all interviewed agreed on that the

harm and the socioeconomic impact of Ebola in Guinea were related to the weaknesses of the country health system and the neglected

of the early community engagement to the control activities.

Effectiveness of the response to the Ebola

epidemic in Guinea 2014-2016 (Lessons earned and

recommendations made)

Alpha Mahmoud Barry

, Sakoba Keita

, Robert Camara

Pepe Pilivogui

, Batchilly

and Mandjou Diakite

University Conakry, Guinea

Journal of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Volume: 4

DOI: 10.21767/2471-304X-C2-006

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