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Long-Term Experiences of Health Care Providers Using Iris Scanning as an Identification Tool in a Vaccine Trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Qualitative Study.
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Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Background: Iris scanning has increasingly been used for biometric identification over the past decade, with continuous advancements and expanding applications. To better understand the acceptability of this technology, we report the long-term experiences of health care providers and frontline worker participants with iris scanning as an identification tool in the EBL2007 Ebola vaccine trial conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Objective: This study aims to document the long-term experiences of using iris scanning for identity verification throughout the vaccine trial.
Evaluation of contact tracing performance during an Ebola virus disease outbreak in a complex security environment: the case of North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018-2020.
Confl Health
March 2025
Institut One Health pour l'Afrique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Background: Contact tracing remains a pillar public health strategy for containing Ebola virus disease (EVD). During the 2018-2020 EVD outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), contact tracing was implemented on an unprecedented scale. Here, we assessed performance of contact tracing implemented in affected health zones, and identified risk factors associated with incomplete follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal and fetal survival following Ebola, HIV and Malaria co-infection in the first trimester of gestation in resource-limited setting in Democratic Republic of Congo.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
February 2025
Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
Background: Ebola-HIV and malaria co-infection is one of the rare clinical situations that remains complex to manage even in the context of unlimited resources. In pregnancy, each of these infections can compromise maternal and fetal outcomes. The synergy of their effects on maternal immunity are often fatal, and survival is an exception, especially in a context of limited resources, such as in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLessons learned during the establishment of a functional National Public Health Institute in the Democratic Republic of Congo: from 2018 to 2024.
Pan Afr Med J
February 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo National Public Health Institute, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) experiences several disease outbreaks every year. In 2023 alone, the DRC faced outbreaks of Mpox, measles, yellow fever, vaccine-derived polio, malaria, and cholera, alongside humanitarian crises in some regions. Despite the expertise and experience in responding to such epidemics, the timely detection and response to public health emergencies remained a significant challenge, primarily due to challenges in coordination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological distress symptoms in populations affected by Ebola in DR Congo before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Psychosom Res
March 2025
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; University of Ottawa Research Chair on Black Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: Ebola virus disease (May 19-September 16, 2020) and COVID-19 simultaneously affected the province of Equateur in DR Congo (DRC). To date, no longitudinal studies have explored symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological distress (PD) related to COVID-19 or Ebola in DRC.
Methods: A representative sample of 1669 participants aged ≥18 was recruited in March-April 2019 (Time 1) and August-September 2020 (Time 2).
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