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Brice Lafia (Bamako)b.lafia@oie.int

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PARTNERS CONTACTS

Source : CIRAD

www.oie.int/EBOSURSY/en/

Ebola virus disease is a re-emerging zoonotic disease.

Over 26 Ebola virus disease outbreaks have been reported in Africa to date, including the first outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976.

The Ebola virus affects humans and non-human primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas, monkeys and antelopes.

Certain species of fruit bats are considered to be natural hosts of the disease.

Pigs are the only species of livestock that are currently known to be susceptible to any Ebola virus.

Ebola virus disease outbreaks in humans have been associated with infected apes and other sentinel animals, as well as the consumption of bushmeat.

The Ebola virus is spread among humans through contact with body fluids. CIRAD

Mathieu Bourgarelmathieu.bourgarel@cirad.fr

Institut PasteurNoël Tordo

ntordo@pasteur.fr

IRDEric Delaporte

eric.delaporte@ird.fr

The EBO-SURSY project is funded by the European Union

FACTS ABOUT EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD)

Capacity building and surveillance

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Ebola Virus Transmission Cycle

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THE EBO-SURSY PROJECT

The EBO-SURSY project is an EU-funded five-year project (2017-2021) in 10 priority countries.

Strengthening early detection systems in wildlife in West and Central Africa, using a One Health approach to prevent Ebola virus disease (EVD) and other zoonotic disease outbreaks.

Targeted countries and project partners

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The CIRAD (Centre de coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) brings expertise in university-level trainings, ecological approach in characterizing Ebola virus disease reservoirs and a humanities and social sciences approach to identify risks and improve surveillance protocols.

Beneficiaries

Veterinary Services, Public Health, Laboratory technicians, Wildlife technicians, Research and training centers, OIE Focal Points, local communities…

The IRD (The Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) focuses on technical and academic trainings, field samplings, and laboratory samples analyses. IRD will continue to develop serological and molecular assays adapted for screening Ebola virus diseases in wildlife samples leading to a technological transfer to countries.

CAPACITY BUILDING

The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health), Project Lead, participates in Veterinary Services capacity building through Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) missions, laboratory twinning projects and Focal Points’ training.

IMPACT

OIE Focal Points’ trainings

Students and professionals from the health and the environmental

sectors’ trainings

Laboratory Twinning

One Health workshops for human and animal health services

Communication material production

Local communities’ awareness meetings

Scientific communication

Field sampling

Database building

Laboratory assays, analyses and studies

Epidemiologic, socio-economic, ecological, and ethnologic field surveys

ACTIVITIES

RESULTS COMMUNITY AWARENESS

SURVEILLANCE PROTOCOLS’ REINFORCEMENT

Performance of Veterinary Services Pathway (PVS)

The Institut Pasteur (IP) focuses on academic and technical trainings, field sampling collection, laboratory samples analyses, and developing diagnostics that contribute to improving the overall knowledge of the viral cycle at the human/animal/environment interface.

CAPACITY BUILDING AND SURVEILLANCE FOR

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

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