Data Hosting: Sierra Leone Ebola Database (SLED)

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is assisting the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in establishing and providing secure access to the Sierra Leone Ebola Database (SLED). This Database comprise of the data recorded by District Ebola Response Centers data managers; District Surveillance Officers; Alert Calls Centers operators; Laboratories technicians; Ebola Holding Centers, Ebola Treatment Centers, and other health and medical facilities personal, and Burial teams. The data were contributed by the following organizations:

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
E-Health Africa
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Concern Worldwide
Catholic Relief Services
World Vision
Western District Health Management Team
Kenema District Health Management Team
Kambia District Health Management Team
Kailahun District Health Management Team
GOAL
International Medical Corps (IMC)
Save the Children
The 34 Military Hospital, Freetown
Catholic international development charity (CAFOD)
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) – Holland
Partners in Health
International Rescue Committee

Laboratory data were recorded by:

Public Health Agency of Canada laboratories in Kailahun, Kono and Tonkolili
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory
Central Public Health Reference Laboratory/ Moyamba Ebola Diagnostic Center/US Defense Threat Reduction Agency laboratory
Dutch laboratories in Princess Christian Maternity Hospital, Freetown and Kono
Italian laboratory, Freetown
MoHS EM laboratory, Freetown
National Institute for Communicable Diseases laboratory, Lakka
Nigerian laboratories in Kambia and Freetown
Public Health England laboratories in Kerry Town, Makeni, and Port Loko

MoHS Protocol for SLED data access pdf icon[PDF – 756 KB]