The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019.
Jombart, Thibaut;
Jarvis, Christopher I;
Mesfin, Samuel;
Tabal, Nabil;
Mossoko, Mathias;
Mpia, Luigino Minikulu;
Abedi, Aaron Aruna;
Chene, Sonia;
Forbin, Ekokobe Elias;
Belizaire, Marie Roseline D;
+13 more...de Radiguès, Xavier;
Ngombo, Richy;
Tutu, Yannick;
Finger, Flavio;
Crowe, Madeleine;
Edmunds, W John;
Nsio, Justus;
Yam, Abdoulaye;
Diallo, Boubacar;
Gueye, Abdou Salam;
Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve;
Yao, Michel;
Fall, Ibrahima Socé;
(2020)
The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 25 (2).
pp. 19-22.
ISSN 1025-496X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.2.1900735
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The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing unprecedented levels of insecurity and violence. We evaluate the likely impact in terms of added transmissibility and cases of major security incidents in the Butembo coordination hub. We also show that despite this additional burden, an adapted response strategy involving enlarged ring vaccination around clusters of cases and enhanced community engagement managed to bring this main hotspot under control.
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