2023
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1137865
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Liberia health system's journey to long-term recovery and resilience post-Ebola: a case study of an exemplary multi-year collaboration

Louis Ako-Egbe,
Redda Seifeldin,
Sohel Saikat
et al.

Abstract: This article is part of the Research Topic ‘Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict'Liberia is one of the three countries worst hit by the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus disease (EVD) outbreak, during which it recorded over 10,000 cases, including health workers. Estimates suggest that the non-EVD morbidity and mortality resulting from the collapse of the health system exceeded the direct impact of EVD. Lessons from the outbreak were clear, not only for Liberia but also fo… Show more

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“…Previous studies that have assessed general health system resiliency in the face of outbreaks like the Ebola disease have been countryspecific, population-specific (e.g., among healthcare workers or survivors), quantitative or qualitative with emphasis on particular MH illnesses (15)(16)(17), and lack a temporal component (pre, during, and post). This study fills the knowledge and methodological gaps, by drawing on WHO MH Atlas and Kruk et al's frameworks to comprehensively triangulate data across Sub-Saharan Africa pre-, during, and post-Ebola disease outbreaks.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies that have assessed general health system resiliency in the face of outbreaks like the Ebola disease have been countryspecific, population-specific (e.g., among healthcare workers or survivors), quantitative or qualitative with emphasis on particular MH illnesses (15)(16)(17), and lack a temporal component (pre, during, and post). This study fills the knowledge and methodological gaps, by drawing on WHO MH Atlas and Kruk et al's frameworks to comprehensively triangulate data across Sub-Saharan Africa pre-, during, and post-Ebola disease outbreaks.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%