Abstract

CORONA PEREZ, Rafael Rufino. Ebola epidemic in Africa: Cuban medical experience in this international health emergency (VIII). EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.1, pp.234-243. ISSN 2077-2874.

The mission of the medical brigade belonging to the "Henry Reeve “International Contingent Specialized in Situations of Disasters and Serious Epidemics, which worked in Sierra Leone, ended on April 1, 2015, with its objectives fulfilled. 1589 patients were treated and 619 confirmed with Ebola (38.9%), the death rate was reduced from 92% to 43.3% and 351 lives were saved from November 5, 2014 to March 10, 2015. they worked 377 days in all, with 6024 hours of stay in the Ebola Treatment Center and 2217 hours wearing the personal protection equipment. Its members received national and international recognition and numerous distinctions that endorsed the performance of such a successful mission.

Keywords : hemorrhagic fever ebola; disaster sanitation; disaster emergencias; international assistance in disaster; education medical.

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