Via MMWR: Population Movement Patterns Among the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda During an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease: Results from Community Engagement in Two Districts — Uganda, March 2019. The summary:
What is known about this topic?
Understanding cross-border population movement patterns can help countries tailor public health interventions to limit international spread of communicable disease.
What is added by this report?
Land-based travel routes among the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda shifted as a result of formal border closures. Uganda assessed population movement patterns to tailor its surveillance, infection prevention and control, and communication strategies to address the risk for importation of Ebola virus disease from neighboring countries.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Strategies to forecast, identify, and rapidly respond to the international spread of disease require adapting to complex, dynamic, multisectoral cross-border population movement, which can be influenced by border control and public health measures used by neighboring countries.
