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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Research

Effects of Response to 2014–2015 Ebola Outbreak on Deaths from Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, West Africa

Alyssa S. Parpia1, Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah1Comments to Author , Natasha S. Wenzel, and Alison P. Galvani
Author affiliations: Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Table 3

Deaths from malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis correlated with a 50% reduction in treatment coverage attributable to response to the Ebola outbreak, West Africa, 2014–2015

Country and disease Total no. estimated deaths No. deaths (95% CI) attributable to outbreak % Change in attributable deaths (95% CI) Total deaths attributable to outbreak
Guinea 6,269 (2,564–12,407)
Malaria 12,825 (4,845–21,945) 4,275 (570–9,405) 48.0 (4.9–93.8)
HIV/AIDS 5,151 (3,099–7,333) 713 (58–1,528) 16.2 (1.3–30.2)
Tuberculosis
3,463 (2,808–4,349)
1,281 (877–1474)
51.1 (44.7–70.5)

Liberia 1,535 (522–2,878)
Malaria 2,573 (735–5,040) 788 (105–1,890) 53.6 (4.8–145.5)
HIV/AIDS 1,198 (851–1,841) 155 (23–297) 13.0 (2.6–25.4)
Tuberculosis
1,553 (1,216–1,875)
592 (394–691)
59.0 (47.9–77.4)

Sierra Leone 2,819 (844–4,844)
Malaria 4,860 (2,700–9,450) 1,755 (135–2970) 50.0 (5.0–118.8)
HIV/AIDS 2,621 (1,390–4,183) 223 (29–504) 9.1 (1.6–19.1)
Tuberculosis 2,164 (1,815–2,548) 841 (680–1,010) 61.4 (49.2–87.6)

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1These joint first authors contributed equally to this article.

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