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dc.contributorDepartament de Salut
dc.contributor.authorJané-Checa, Mireia
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Maria J.
dc.contributor.authorMaresma-Soler, Mar
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Ana
dc.contributor.authorCarmona-Parcerisa, Glòria
dc.contributor.authorRodés-Monegal, Anna
dc.contributor.authorTorner-Gràcia, Núria
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez-Rodríguez, Josep
dc.contributor.authorSala-Farré, Maria R.
dc.contributor.authorBarrabeig, Irene
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-02T10:23:06Z
dc.date.available2022-11-02T10:23:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.identifier.citationJané M, Vidal MJ, Maresma M, Martínez A, Carmona G, Rodés A, et al. Resultados y retos en salud pública ante la alerta por Ébola: una perspectiva desde Cataluña. Gac Sanit. 2017 mar-abr;31(2):161-6.
dc.identifier.issn1578-1283
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11351/8377
dc.descriptionEbola; Public health surveillance; Early warning system
dc.description.abstractThe Ebola outbreak in Guinea Conakry was notified to the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2014. It is the most complex Ebola outbreak to date, affecting Guinea Conakry as well as the surrounding countries and with a risk of the disease spreading outside Africa. For this reason, the World Health Organization declared this Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency in August 2014. The Public Health Agency of Catalonia, through the Spanish Alert and Emergencies Coordination Network, initiated public health actions in March 2014, developing a single protocol of action to be applied by all the health care providers in the whole Catalan territory, advice for travellers and voluntary workers arriving from affected countries and a weekly newsletter addressed to health professionals. At the same time, the Ebola Analysis and Monitoring Committee and the Ebola Scientific and Advisory Committee were established. More than 9600 professional health workers attended training sessions and informative sessions. From August 2014, the Catalan Epidemiological Surveillance Emergency Service (SUVEC) reported 117 suspected Ebola cases, of which only 3 met the epidemiological and clinical criteria leading to the activation of the action protocol. All 3 cases proved negative for Ebola. Also, 95 voluntary workers were monitored, 52% of whom were female and 74% had returned from Sierra Leone. Dealing with the suspected Ebola cases required a detailed advance preparation and planning, with a coordinated effort between the epidemiological and health-care network, and all the agents involved, as well as precise, realistic and appropriate risk communication. The prior screening of suspected Ebola cases by the SUVEC meant the immediate protocol was activated only in the cases that met the epidemiological and clinical criteria. This is a key point to be reinforced in any future international public health alerts.
dc.language.isospa
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGaceta Sanitaria;31(2)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceScientia
dc.subjectMalaltia de l'Ebola - Catalunya
dc.subjectSalut pública
dc.subject.meshHemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
dc.subject.meshCatalonia
dc.subject.meshPublic Health
dc.titleResultados y retos en salud pública ante la alerta por Ébola: una perspectiva desde Cataluña
dc.title.alternativeEbola alert: results and challenges in public health: a view from Catalonia (Spain)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.07.016
dc.subject.decsfiebre hemorrágica de Ébola
dc.subject.decsCataluña
dc.subject.decssalud pública
dc.relation.publishversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.07.016
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.audienceProfessionals
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Jané M, Martínez A, Torner N] Subdirecció General de Vigilància i Resposta a Emergències de Salut Pública, Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. [Vidal MJ, Maresma M, Carmona G, Rodés A, Álvarez J, Sala MR, Barrabeig I] Subdirecció General de Vigilància i Resposta a Emergències de Salut Pública, Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.pmid27742265
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