'When Ebola enters a home, a family, a community': A qualitative study of population perspectives on Ebola control measures in rural and urban areas of Sierra Leone.

• Main Authors: Nell Gray (Author), Beverley Stringer (Author), Gina Bark (Author), Andre Heller Perache (Author), Freya Jephcott (Author), Rob Broeder (Author), Ronald Kremer (Author), Augustine S Jimissa (Author), Thomas T Samba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During the West Africa Ebola outbreak, cultural practices have been described as hindering response efforts. The acceptance of control measures improved during the outbreak, but little is known about how and why this occurred. We conducted a qualitative study in two administrative districts of Sierr...