Selected article for: "armed conflict and evd outbreak"

Author: Drevin, Gustaf; Mölsted Alvesson, Helle; van Duinen, Alex; Bolkan, Håkon A; Koroma, Alimamy P; Von Schreeb, Johan
Title: ”For this one, let me take the risk”: why surgical staff continued to perform caesarean sections during the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone
  • Document date: 2019_7_19
  • ID: yfai0izm_57
    Snippet: The multinational impact of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak was unique in scope, but we believe that the key implications of this study might be transferrable to other types of outbreaks. For instance, WHO has acted with greater urgency to contain outbreaks of EVD in Congo (2017), Zika in Brazil (2015) and plague in Madagascar (2017), possibly informed by lessons learnt from the EVD outbreak in West Africa. 6 53-55 High-income settings can also be exp.....
    Document: The multinational impact of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak was unique in scope, but we believe that the key implications of this study might be transferrable to other types of outbreaks. For instance, WHO has acted with greater urgency to contain outbreaks of EVD in Congo (2017), Zika in Brazil (2015) and plague in Madagascar (2017), possibly informed by lessons learnt from the EVD outbreak in West Africa. 6 53-55 High-income settings can also be exposed to outbreaks and might face similar challenges to CS or surgical provision. For example, a Taiwanese study suggests that the need for emergency surgery persisted whereas that for elective surgery decreased following the 2002-2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak. 56 However, our findings might not apply to the trauma-heavy surgical need resulting from natural disasters and armed conflict. 53 57 The study was conducted to high information power, across five dimensions defined by Malterud et al. 34 The research question was narrowly focused at CS at public hospitals. We applied a dense selection of participants (specific sampling), an extensive interview guide (theory basis) and explored staff narratives in great depth (quality of dialogue). After visits to five hospitals, the development of CS provision following the EVD outbreak was clear, and the interprofessional interactions had been described at a level of detail deemed sufficient.

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