Oleribe Obinna O, Salako Babatunde L, Ka M Mourtalla, Akpalu Albert, McConnochie Mairi, Foster Matthew, Taylor-Robinson Simon D
Excellence and Friends, Management Care Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
WACP/RCP M-PACT Project (Nigeria), Provost College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Clin Med (Lond). 2015 Feb;15(1):54-7. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-54.
The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak ravaging three nations in West Africa has affected more than 14,000 persons and killed over 5,000. It is the longest and most widely spread Ebola epidemic ever seen. At the time of this overview (written November 2014), having affected eight different nations, Nigeria and Senegal were able to control and eliminate the virus within a record time. Ghana has successfully, to date, kept the virus away from the country, despite economic and social relationships with affected nations. What lessons can we learn from Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana in the current epidemic? How can the world improve the health systems in low- and middle-income countries to effectively manage future outbreaks? Recently, the Royal College of Physicians launched a new partnership with the West African College of Physicians to curtail the effects of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the region. We believe that strengthened health systems, skilled human resources for health and national ownership of problems are key to effective management of outbreaks such as EVD.
当前肆虐西非三国的埃博拉病毒病疫情已致使14000多人感染，5000多人死亡。这是有史以来持续时间最长、传播范围最广的埃博拉疫情。在本综述撰写之时（2014年11月），疫情已波及八个不同国家，尼日利亚和塞内加尔能够在创纪录的时间内控制并消除病毒。加纳迄今为止成功地使该国未受病毒侵袭，尽管其与受影响国家存在经济和社会关系。在当前疫情中，我们能从尼日利亚、塞内加尔和加纳身上学到什么经验教训？世界如何改善低收入和中等收入国家的卫生系统，以有效应对未来的疫情爆发？最近，皇家内科医师学院与西非内科医师学院建立了新的伙伴关系，以减少该地区艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾和结核病的影响。我们认为，加强卫生系统、培养熟练的卫生人力资源以及国家对问题的自主掌控，是有效应对埃博拉病毒病等疫情的关键。
