Open AccessEnhancing Epidemiology Capacity During the 2014-15 West Africa Ebola Outbreak: An Assessment of the Role of Applied Public Health Epidemiologists
Author(s) -
Dennis M. Perrotta,
Jennifer Lemmings,
Jean Marie Maillard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000000982
Subject(s) - public health , ebola virus , outbreak , medicine , environmental health , context (archaeology) , epidemiology , capacity building , political science , geography , nursing , virology , law , archaeology
In late 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested the support of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to enhance epidemiologic capacity in the West African countries impacted or threatened by an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. In response, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists recruited 36 senior epidemiologists who, collectively, made 45 deployments to West Africa, averaging 42 days each.