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Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward

BACKGROUND: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal illness that affects humans and has significant public health implications, including high mortality rates, strain on healthcare systems, and social and economic disruption. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbr...

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Autores principales: Rwagasore, Edson, Nsekuye, Olivier, El-Khatib, Ziad, Kabeja, Adeline, Mucunguzi, Valois H., Nizeyimana, Pacifique, Ruseesa, Edward, Ruyange, Laurent, Teta, Isabelle B., Uwamahoro, Sandrine, Twahirwa, Solange, Mugawaneza, Denyse, Ishema, Leandre, Shema, Hugor, Rutagengwa, Alfred, Ndagijimana, Valens, Itanga, Ines, Kapiteni, Alexis, Benimana, Jean Luc, Niyoyita, Jean Claude, Rwagitinywa, Bruce, Muvunyi, Claude Mambo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10469131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37369978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44197-023-00133-0
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author Rwagasore, Edson
Nsekuye, Olivier
El-Khatib, Ziad
Kabeja, Adeline
Mucunguzi, Valois H.
Nizeyimana, Pacifique
Ruseesa, Edward
Ruyange, Laurent
Teta, Isabelle B.
Uwamahoro, Sandrine
Twahirwa, Solange
Mugawaneza, Denyse
Ishema, Leandre
Shema, Hugor
Rutagengwa, Alfred
Ndagijimana, Valens
Itanga, Ines
Kapiteni, Alexis
Benimana, Jean Luc
Niyoyita, Jean Claude
Rwagitinywa, Bruce
Muvunyi, Claude Mambo
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Nsekuye, Olivier
El-Khatib, Ziad
Kabeja, Adeline
Mucunguzi, Valois H.
Nizeyimana, Pacifique
Ruseesa, Edward
Ruyange, Laurent
Teta, Isabelle B.
Uwamahoro, Sandrine
Twahirwa, Solange
Mugawaneza, Denyse
Ishema, Leandre
Shema, Hugor
Rutagengwa, Alfred
Ndagijimana, Valens
Itanga, Ines
Kapiteni, Alexis
Benimana, Jean Luc
Niyoyita, Jean Claude
Rwagitinywa, Bruce
Muvunyi, Claude Mambo
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description BACKGROUND: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal illness that affects humans and has significant public health implications, including high mortality rates, strain on healthcare systems, and social and economic disruption. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species. The neighboring countries of Uganda were classified by World Health Organization (WHO) as being at high risk of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) importation. The country of Rwanda implemented different sustainable strategies and activities to prepare and ensure a timely and effective response to SUDV outbreaks once it has arrived in the country. We aimed to highlight the sustainable strategies and activities implemented for SUDV preparedness and the subsequent lessons learnt in Rwanda. METHODS: This paper reviewed the documentation on activities implemented for SUDV preparedness, with a focus on lessons learned from different countries. The paper analyzed the common themes and highlighted the key components of EVD preparedness in Rwanda after declaration of SUDV outbreak in Uganda. RESULTS: The key components of SUDV preparedness include its readiness assessment in Rwanda, effective coordination, collaboration and leadership mechanisms, enhancing the early detection and surveillance system, effective risk communication and community engagement, capacity building of healthcare providers on case management and infection prevention and control (IPC), and continual preparedness. These components were essential to ensure timely and effective preparation and response to SUDV related outbreaks. CONCLUSION: A multi-sectoral approach involving all stakeholders was necessary to ensure timely and effective preparation and response. Continuous investment in preparedness, strengthening of health systems, and the review of preparedness components provided insights into the best practices for SUDV preparedness, which were essential to prevent future outbreaks and minimize their impact. This will inform other countries about the role of timely development of preparedness plans.
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spelling pubmed-104691312023-09-01 Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward Rwagasore, Edson Nsekuye, Olivier El-Khatib, Ziad Kabeja, Adeline Mucunguzi, Valois H. Nizeyimana, Pacifique Ruseesa, Edward Ruyange, Laurent Teta, Isabelle B. Uwamahoro, Sandrine Twahirwa, Solange Mugawaneza, Denyse Ishema, Leandre Shema, Hugor Rutagengwa, Alfred Ndagijimana, Valens Itanga, Ines Kapiteni, Alexis Benimana, Jean Luc Niyoyita, Jean Claude Rwagitinywa, Bruce Muvunyi, Claude Mambo J Epidemiol Glob Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal illness that affects humans and has significant public health implications, including high mortality rates, strain on healthcare systems, and social and economic disruption. On 20 September 2022, Uganda declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species. The neighboring countries of Uganda were classified by World Health Organization (WHO) as being at high risk of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) importation. The country of Rwanda implemented different sustainable strategies and activities to prepare and ensure a timely and effective response to SUDV outbreaks once it has arrived in the country. We aimed to highlight the sustainable strategies and activities implemented for SUDV preparedness and the subsequent lessons learnt in Rwanda. METHODS: This paper reviewed the documentation on activities implemented for SUDV preparedness, with a focus on lessons learned from different countries. The paper analyzed the common themes and highlighted the key components of EVD preparedness in Rwanda after declaration of SUDV outbreak in Uganda. RESULTS: The key components of SUDV preparedness include its readiness assessment in Rwanda, effective coordination, collaboration and leadership mechanisms, enhancing the early detection and surveillance system, effective risk communication and community engagement, capacity building of healthcare providers on case management and infection prevention and control (IPC), and continual preparedness. These components were essential to ensure timely and effective preparation and response to SUDV related outbreaks. CONCLUSION: A multi-sectoral approach involving all stakeholders was necessary to ensure timely and effective preparation and response. Continuous investment in preparedness, strengthening of health systems, and the review of preparedness components provided insights into the best practices for SUDV preparedness, which were essential to prevent future outbreaks and minimize their impact. This will inform other countries about the role of timely development of preparedness plans. Springer Netherlands 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10469131/ /pubmed/37369978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44197-023-00133-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Rwagasore, Edson
Nsekuye, Olivier
El-Khatib, Ziad
Kabeja, Adeline
Mucunguzi, Valois H.
Nizeyimana, Pacifique
Ruseesa, Edward
Ruyange, Laurent
Teta, Isabelle B.
Uwamahoro, Sandrine
Twahirwa, Solange
Mugawaneza, Denyse
Ishema, Leandre
Shema, Hugor
Rutagengwa, Alfred
Ndagijimana, Valens
Itanga, Ines
Kapiteni, Alexis
Benimana, Jean Luc
Niyoyita, Jean Claude
Rwagitinywa, Bruce
Muvunyi, Claude Mambo
Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward
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title_fullStr Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward
title_full_unstemmed Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward
title_short Lessons Learned from Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) Preparedness in Rwanda: A Comprehensive Review and Way Forward
title_sort lessons learned from sudan ebola virus disease (sudv) preparedness in rwanda: a comprehensive review and way forward
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10469131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37369978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44197-023-00133-0
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