Ebola outbreak in Guinea, 2021: Clinical care of patients with Ebola virus disease.

Constant B Pare Alseny M Camara Aminata Camara Moussa Kourouma Koivogui Enogo Mohammed S Camara Laurent Akilimali Sayadi Sani Eric Barte de Sainte Fare Papys Lame Nicolas Mouly Marta Lado Castro-Rial Billy Sivahera Mahamoud Sama Chérif Abdoul Habib Beavogui Dally Muamba Joachim B Tamba Barry Moumié Richard Kojan Hans-Joerg Lang

Published in: Southern African journal of infectious diseases (2023)

This article describes clinical realities associated with implementation of WHO-recommended standards of 'optimized supportive care' and administration of Ebola virus specific treatments. In this context, the importance of essential design principles of ETCs is underlined, which allow continuous visual contact and verbal interaction of health workers and families with their patients. Elements that may contribute to further quality of care improvements for patients with confirmed or suspected EVD are discussed.

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