The Ebola-effect in Guinea 2014-15: Tangled trends of malaria care in children under-five
This study assessed the impact of the outbreak on the reported number and management of malaria in children under-five
Abstract
The 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was disruptive for the general health services in the affected countries. This study assessed the impact of the outbreak on the reported number and management of malaria in children under-five in rural Guinea.
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 19 health centres in two rural, malaria-endemic health districts, one at the epicentre of the outbreak (Guéckédou) and one (Koubia) spared by Ebola. Routine surveillance data at health facility level were compared over similar periods of high malaria transmission in both districts before, during and after the outbreak.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Kolie D, Camara BS, Delamou A, Béavogui AH, Hermans V, Edwards JK, Benedetti G, Muller CP, Griensven J van, Zachariah R. The Ebola-effect in Guinea 2014-15: Tangled trends of malaria care in children under-five. Carvalho LH, editor. PLoS One [Internet]. Public Library of Science; 2018 Feb 28 [cited 2018 Jun 25];13(2):e0192798. Available from: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192798
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