Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015
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Nic Lochlainn, LMGayton, I
Theocharopoulos, G
Edwards, R
Danis, K
Kremer, R
Kleijer, K
Tejan, SM
Sankoh, M
Jimissa, A
Greig, J
Caleo, G
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2018-01-03Submitted date
2018-01-11
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During the 2014-16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, the Magburaka Ebola Management Centre (EMC) operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, identified that available district maps lacked up-to-date village information to facilitate timely implementation of EVD control strategies. In January 2015, we undertook a survey in chiefdoms within the MSF EMC catchment area to collect mapping and village data. We explore the feasibility and cost to mobilise a local community for this survey, describe validation against existing mapping sources and use of the data to prioritise areas for interventions, and lessons learned.Publisher
Public Library of SciencePubMed ID
29298314Language
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0189959
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