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

MMWR Early Release Vol. 64, Early Release January 13, 2015 PDF 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.