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    Operational Research during the Ebola Emergency

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    Authors
    Fitzpatrick, G
    Decroo, T
    Draguez, B
    Crestani, R
    Ronsse, A
    Van den Bergh, R
    Van Herp, M
    Issue Date
    2017-07
    Submitted date
    2018-05-16
    
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    Journal
    Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Abstract
    Operational research aims to identify interventions, strategies, or tools that can enhance the quality, effectiveness, or coverage of programs where the research is taking place. Médecins Sans Frontières admitted ≈5,200 patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and from the beginning nested operational research within its emergency response. This research covered critical areas, such as understanding how the virus spreads, clinical trials, community perceptions, challenges within Ebola treatment centers, and negative effects on non-Ebola healthcare. Importantly, operational research questions were decided to a large extent by returning volunteers who had first-hand knowledge of the immediate issues facing teams in the field. Such a method is appropriate for an emergency medical organization. Many challenges were also identified while carrying out operational research across 3 different countries, including the basic need for collecting data in standardized format to enable comparison of findings among treatment centers.
    Publisher
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/619129
    DOI
    10.3201/eid2307.161389
    PubMed ID
    28628463
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1080-6059
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.3201/eid2307.161389
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