Capacity building for ecological surveillance of viral hemorrhagic fevers in Sierra Leone

Detection and monitoring the burden of infections for high consequence pathogens in animal reservoirs represent a critical step to mitigate and control outbreaks. These activities require a well-developed in-country capacity to perform collection of appropriate samples, detection and differential diagnostic using established laboratory methods for VHF, and curation of samples in a sustainable and secure manner. ThisFOA supports the establishment of such ecological surveillance program in forest-dwelling animals topromote yearly monitoring of the burden of infections in these animals.