title: Global lessons from Nigeria's ebolavirus control strategy.
abstract: The current Ebola virus disease outbreak challenged medical and public health systems in West Africa. In Nigeria, the existing infrastructure of the polio surveillance system was leveraged rapidly to contain the spread of Ebola virus. We highlight important lessons learnt from the successful implementation of Ebola virus disease surveillance strategies, which should be amplified further to prepare the ground for successful vaccination programs. Close collaboration between national and international stakeholders as well as public/private partnerships will be instrumental in future Ebola virus immunization strategies.
authors.affiliation: a 1 National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Abuja, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elemuwa
authors.affiliation: b 2 Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutalek
authors.affiliation: c 3 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: d 4 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Edison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mworozi
authors.affiliation: e 5 PATH, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sonali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.affiliation: f 6 Department of Pediatrics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships
keywords: Nigeria; ebola virus; ebolavirus disease; infrastructure; outbreak; polio surveillance; vaccines