National reporting of deaths after enhanced Ebola surveillance in Sierra Leone.

• Main Authors: Mohamed F Jalloh (Author), Reinhard Kaiser (Author), Mariam Diop (Author), Amara Jambai (Author), John T Redd (Author), Rebecca E Bunnell (Author), Evelyn Castle (Author), Charles Alpren (Author), Sara Hersey (Author), Anna Mia Ekström (Author), Helena Nordenstedt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Sierra Leone experienced the largest documented epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease in 2014-2015. The government implemented a national tollfree telephone line (1-1-7) for public reporting of illness and deaths to improve the detection of Ebola cases. Reporting of deaths declined substantiall...