Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015.
Nic Lochlainn, Laura M Gayton, Ivan Theocharopoulos, Georgios Edwards, Robin Danis, Kostas Kremer, Ronald Kleijer, Karline Tejan, Sumaila M Sankoh, Mohamed Jimissa, Augustin
Nic Lochlainn, Laura M
Gayton, Ivan
Theocharopoulos, Georgios
Edwards, Robin
Danis, Kostas
Kremer, Ronald
Kleijer, Karline
Tejan, Sumaila M
Sankoh, Mohamed
Jimissa, Augustin
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2018-01-03
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Improving mapping for Ebola response through mobilising a local community with self-owned smartphones: Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, January 2015.
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PloS One 2018; 13(1):e1089959
Abstract
During the 2014-16 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, the Magburaka Ebola Management Centre (EMC) operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, identified that available district maps lacked up-to-date village information to facilitate timely implementation of EVD control strategies. In January 2015, we undertook a survey in chiefdoms within the MSF EMC catchment area to collect mapping and village data. We explore the feasibility and cost to mobilise a local community for this survey, describe validation against existing mapping sources and use of the data to prioritise areas for interventions, and lessons learned.