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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 2

Improvements in the timeliness and completeness of routine district surveillance reporting after 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak and response, Sierra Leone, 2015–2016*

 
Health district November 8–4, 2015
 May 29–June 4, 2016
No. district HFs No. (%) HFs reported to district Timeliness No. district HFs No. (%) HFs reported to district Timeliness
Kambia 68 30 (44†) T§ 69 67 (97) T§
Port Loko 106 0 (0†) NR† 111 102 (92) T§
Bombali 104 0 (0†) NR† 113 111 (98) T§
Koinadugu 72 24 (33†) T§ 72 63 (88) T§
Tonkolili 103 0 (0†) NR† 107 96 (90) T§
Kono 86 80 (93) T§ 91 91 (100) T§
Kenema 123 26 (21†) T§ 123 (120 98) T§
Kailahun 86 16 (18†) T§ 86 85 (99) T§
Bombali 121 38 (31†) T§ 128 128 (100) T§
Moyamba 100 95 (95) T§ 101 101 (100) T§
Bonthe 55 54 (98) T§ 55 50 (91) T§
Pujehun 77 0 (0†) NR† 77 47 (61‡) T§
Western Area
 114
 65 (57‡)
 L‡
120
 118 (98)
 T§
Overall 1,215 428 35 NC 1,253 1,179 (94) NC

*Timeliness indicates timing of districts reporting to national level. During 2015, 35% of HFs in Sierra Leone reported Ebola cases to their respective districts. During 2016, 94% of health facilities reported to their districts, and all districts reported at the national level. Data source: CDC Sierra Leone Country Office analysis of Sierra Leone Ministry of Health data. HF, health facility; L, late; NR, no report; NC, not calculated; T, on time.
†Level of completeness <50%; performance did not meet minimum standard.
‡Level of completeness >50% and <80%; performance met minimum standard, but did not meet target.
§Level of completeness >80%; performance met target.

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