WHO meeting on survivors of Ebola virus disease: Clinical care of survivors

Overview

The specific objectives of this meeting were to:

• Identify existing clinical services available to EVD survivors in West Africa and help link them to survivors in need of care
• Share expertise and experience regarding clinical management of EVD survivors to build consensus on best clinical management practices
• Identify gaps in clinical services and develop plans to meet them, including provision of technical expertise and infrastructure
• Discuss and develop common protocols for data collection and best clinical management of EVD survivors
• Review key research questions regarding EVD survivors, including the evidence for various health problems post-EVD and their pathogenesis, to enable improved care of survivors for this and future outbreaks.