The Ebola outbreak and staffing in public health facilities in rural Sierra Leone: who is left to do the job?

The 82 public health facilities of rural Kailahun District, Sierra Leone. The 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone led the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and stakeholders to set minimum standards of staffing (medical/non-medical) for a basic package of essential health services (BPEHS). No district-level information exists on staffing levels in relation to the Ebola outbreak.

Influence of the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak on the vaccination of children in a rural district of Guinea.

All health centres in Macenta District, rural Guinea. To compare stock-outs of vaccines, vaccine stock cards and the administration of various childhood vaccines across the pre-Ebola, Ebola and post-Ebola virus disease periods. This was an ecological study.

Effect of the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak on reproductive health services in a rural district of Guinea: an ecological study.

Background: The 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak was the most sustained in history. In Guinea, we compared trends in family planning, antenatal care, and institutional deliveries over the period before, during and after the outbreak.

Methods: We carried out an ecological study involving all the health facilities during pre-Ebola (1 March 2013 to 28 February 2014), intra-Ebola (1 March 2014 to 28 February 2015) and post-Ebola (1 March to 31 July 2016) periods in Macenta district.