The CDC is seeking emergency OMB clearance to effectively complement its ongoing international efforts for rapid case identification, contact tracing, and infection control of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, The CDC seeks to augment the established Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOH) EVD surveillance system. Transmission of the Ebola virus in the rural areas of Sierra Leone typically occurs through attending funerals, participating in unsafe burial practices, and to a lesser extent, through household transmission. In a densely populated area, such as Western Area, Sierra Leone, it is unknown if household contact is a major route of transmission. The CDC seeks to assist the MOH further investigate transmission risk factors for the Ebola virus disease (EVD) specifically among household contacts of index case-patients in Western Area, Sierra Leone. Trained project assistants will conduct more detailed surveys on the same visits with the MOH contact tracing teams. The information gained will enable the MOH to implement improved control measures to prevent further spread of EVD within its country's affected households.
Transmission of Ebola in the rural areas of Sierra Leone typically occurs through attending funerals, participating in unsafe burial practices, and to a lesser extent, through household transmission. In a densely populated area, such as Western Area, Sierra Leone, it is unknown if household contact is a major route of transmission. CDC will be requesting a regular clearance to help understand the potential role of household contact associated with the current outbreak in Western Africa more generally, but to expedite the initiation of this work, the CDC is seeking an emergency 180-day OMB approval to conduct information collections related to EVD investigations among household cohorts and individual household contacts of case-patients in Western Area, Sierra Leone. In the short term, the information collected via this emergency clearance will enhance the MOH in Sierra Leoneâs ability to identify more targeted control measures, thus more rapidly control the spread of EVD within its countryâs affected households.
US Code:
42 USC 241
Name of Law: Public Helth Service Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(ii) Use of information;
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