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Hunger I, Becker S, Frank C, Grunow R, Herzog C, Kurth A, Monazahian M, Nitsche A, Sasse J, Schulz-Weidhaas C, Wollin KM, Schaade L. [Four years after the Ebola crisis : Challenges, experiences, and implications in the German public health context]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2019; 62:1041-1051. [PMID: 31428830 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-019-02995-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa in 2014/2015 was by far the biggest, most prolonged, and geographically most widespread outbreak of this disease since the discovery of the Ebola virus in 1976. Although no cases of Ebola virus disease were confirmed in Germany, a number of crisis management activities were initiated.Based on a combination of local, national, and international lessons learned, literature research, and a large number of discussions among German colleagues as well as German and foreign colleagues, the experiences of selected German public health actors as well as implications for health protection activities in Germany are presented.On the one hand, preparedness for managing unusual high consequence health events-caused by rare, highly pathogenic biological agents-including the provision of adequate material and personnel resources remains important in Germany. On the other hand, more German engagement in global health is necessary, because the dividing line between global health and local health is increasingly disappearing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Iris Hunger
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland.
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- Institut für Virologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland
| | - Christina Frank
- Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Roland Grunow
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Christian Herzog
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Andreas Kurth
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Masyar Monazahian
- Zentrum für Gesundheits- und Infektionsschutz, Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt, Hannover, Deutschland
| | - Andreas Nitsche
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Julia Sasse
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Claudia Schulz-Weidhaas
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
| | - Klaus-Michael Wollin
- Zentrum für Gesundheits- und Infektionsschutz, Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt, Hannover, Deutschland
| | - Lars Schaade
- Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland
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