Public health emergency preparedness for cases of viral haemorrhagic fever (Ebola) in Portugal: a peer review 30 March – 1 April 2015

Risk assessment
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Public health emergency preparedness for cases of viral haemorrhagic fever (Ebola) in Portugal: a peer review. Stockholm: ECDC; 2015.

​Following an invitation from the Portuguese public health authorities, an ECDC team visited Lisbon to conduct a review of Portugal’s emergency preparedness systems for imported cases of viral haemorrhagic fever (Ebola). The principal objective of the visit was to help national public health leaders identify strengths and shortcomings in the national public health emergency system in order to ensure the recognition and safe management of cases of Ebola infection.