Impact of Infectious Disease Epidemics on Tuberculosis Diagnostic, Management and Prevention Services: Experiences and Lessons from the 2014-2015 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa

Highlights • Twenty-eight percent of the world's 9.6 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases are in the WHO Africa Region. The Mano River Union (MRU) countries of West Africa have over the past two decades made incremental investments into TB control programs. • The devastating 2014/2015 Ebola Viru...

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Published in:International journal of infectious diseases 2017-03, Vol.56 (C), p.101-104
Main Authors: Ansumana, Rashid, Keitell, Samuel, Roberts, Gregory M.T, Ntoumi, Francine, Petersen, Eskild, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Zumla, Alimuddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa, Western - epidemiology
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Ebola
Epidemics
Health Personnel
Health services
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - therapy
Humans
Impact
Infectious Disease
Outbreak
Program Evaluation
Pulmonary/Respiratory
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - prevention & control
Tuberculosis - therapy
Tuberculosis Vaccines - administration & dosage
Vaccination - statistics & numerical data
Workforce
World Health Organization
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Summary:Highlights • Twenty-eight percent of the world's 9.6 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases are in the WHO Africa Region. The Mano River Union (MRU) countries of West Africa have over the past two decades made incremental investments into TB control programs. • The devastating 2014/2015 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, had a significant impact on all sectors of the healthcare system including the TB prevention and control programs. • Under-five vaccinations for TB with BCG, was adversely affected by the EVD epidemic, and the deaths of numerous healthcare workers deprived the weak healthcare systems of much needed human resources. • An urgent need exists to improve the ability of countries and regions to sustain functioning health systems during outbreaks so other disease control programs, (like TB, malaria and HIV) are not compromised during the emergency measures of a severe epidemic.
ISSN:1201-9712
1878-3511
DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.10.010