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Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
Overview

Ebola Response Impact on Public Health Programs, West Africa, 2014–2017

Barbara J. MarstonComments to Author , E. Kainne Dokubo, Amanda van Steelandt, Lise Martel, Desmond Williams, Sara Hersey, Amara Jambai, Sakoba Keita, Tolbert G. Nyenswah, and John T. Redd
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.J. Marston, E.K. Dokubo, A. van Steelandt, L. Martel); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monrovia, Liberia (D. Williams); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Freetown, Sierra Leone (S. Hersey); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown (A. Jambai); Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea (S. Keita); Ministry of Health, Monrovia (T.G. Nyenswah); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (J.T. Redd)

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Table 1

Timeframe for establishment or reestablishment of capacity to test for key notifiable diseases in Liberia after 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak and response*

IDSR priority disease Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017
Acute flaccid paralysis Sent to WHO/regional laboratory outside Liberia for testing
Acute watery diarrhea (cholera) † † ‡ § §
Acute bloody diarrhea (shigella) † † ‡ § §
Human rabies Sent to WHO/regional Laboratory outside Liberia for testing
Lassa fever † † ‡ § §
Measles ‡ § § § §
Meningitis † † † ‡ §
Neonatal tetanus Not applicable; diagnoses based on clinical symptoms
Viral hemorrhagic fever (including Ebola virus disease) § § § § §
Yellow fever ‡ § § § §

*IDSR, Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response framework; Q, quarter, WHO, World Health Organization.
†Capacity was not available during the specified quarter.
‡Capacity was partially established.
§Established laboratory capacity.

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