After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, 2019: Best practices and lessons learnt.
Charles NjugunaMohamed VandiEvans LiyosiJane GithukuJames Sylvester SquireIan NjeruIan RufusVictoria KataweraWilson GachariRobert MusokeClaudette AmuzuMukeh FahnbullehJoseph Bunting-GradenJanet KayitaJames BunnAmbrose TalisunaZabulon YotiPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)
The incident management system worked optimally to contain this outbreak. The core technical gaps identified in surveillance, IPC and delay in deployment of resources should be addressed through systemic changes that can mitigate future outbreaks.