After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, 2019: Best practices and lessons learnt.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Charles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi, Evans Liyosi, Jane Githuku, James Sylvester Squire, Ian Njeru, Ian Rufus, Victoria Katawera, Wilson Gachari, Robert Musoke, Claudette Amuzu, Mukeh Fahnbulleh, Joseph Bunting-Graden, Janet Kayita, James Bunn, Ambrose Talisuna, Zabulon Yoti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pillar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010755; https://doaj.org/article/50ada7c5111a4931bd54aa5a4d217a49

Background In November 2019, an outbreak of Lassa Fever occurred among health workers in a non-endemic district in Sierra Leone. The outbreak resulted in five cases, including two that were exported to the Netherlands. The outbreak tested multiple technical capacities in the International Health Reg...