Community engagement in outbreak response: lessons from the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

Community engagement in outbreak response: lessons from the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

Documentation of structured community engagement initiatives and real-time monitoring of community engagement activities during large-scale epidemics is limited. To inform such initiatives, this paper analyses the Community Led Ebola Action (CLEA) approach implemented through the Social Mobilization...

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Main Authors:	Katharine Owen, Paul Sengeh, Mohamed F Jalloh, Jamie Bedson, Danielle Pedi, Saiku Bah, Allan Oniba, Musa Sangarie, James S Fofanah, Mohammed B Jalloh, Laura Skrip, Benjamin M Althouse, Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:	BMJ Global Health
Online Access:	https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e002145.full

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