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Improving Burial Practices and Cemetery Management During an Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Sierra Leone, 2014

Improving Burial Practices and Cemetery Management During an Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Sierra Leone, 2014



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MMWR Early Release
Vol. 64, Early Release
January 13, 2015
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Improving Burial Practices and Cemetery Management During an Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Sierra Leone, 2014
Carrie F. Nielsen, PhD, Sarah Kidd, MD, Ansumana R.M. Sillah, PhD, MD, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64(Early Release):1-8
 

Contact with the bodies and fluids of persons who have died of Ebola virus disease (Ebola)
is especially common in West Africa, where family and community members often touch
and wash the body of the deceased in preparation for funerals. These cultural practices
have been a route of Ebola transmission. In September 2014, CDC, in collaboration with
the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, assessed burial practices, cemetery
management, and adherence to recommended practices to reduce the risk for Ebola
virus transmission.

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