MMSL 2020, 89(1):36-40 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2019.025

THE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON THE TENTH KNOWN OUTBREAK OF EBOLA IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOReview article

Vanda Boštíková ORCID...
Katedra epidemiologie, Fakulta vojenského zdravotnictví, Univerzita obrany v Brně, Česká republika

17. července 2019 označil ředitel Světové zdravotnické organizace, na základě zhodnocení situace v Demokratické republice Kongo (DRK), vzhledem k pokračující epidemii virové hemoragické horečky Ebola, jako Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Důvody tohoto opatření jsou podloženy podrobnou analýzou, ze které vychází i předpoklad vysoké pravděpodobnosti pokračujícího rozšiřování onemocnění do nových lokalit jak v DRK, tak i v přeshraničních oblastech. Naopak globální nebezpečí (zavlečení infekce mimo africký kontinent)  bylo vyhodnoceno stále jako nízkorizikové.

Keywords: Ebola; očkování; Demokratická republika Kongo; ozbrojený konflikt; armáda

On July 17, 2019  the Director of the World Health Organization, based on an assessment of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), named the Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to the ongoing epidemic of the Ebola haemorrhagic fever.The reasons for this measure are supported by a detailed analysis, which also assumes a high probability of the continued spread of the disease to new localities both in DRC and in cross-border areas. On the contrary, the global danger (the introduction of infection outside the African continent) was still assessed as low risk.

Keywords: Ebola; vaccination; Democratic Republic of Congo; armed conflict; army

Received: September 25, 2019; Revised: November 11, 2019; Accepted: November 11, 2019; Prepublished online: November 13, 2019; Published: March 6, 2020  Show citation

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Boštíková, V. (2020). THE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON THE TENTH KNOWN OUTBREAK OF EBOLA IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. MMSL, 89(1), 36-40. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2019.025
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