Risk in the "Red Zone": Outcomes for Children Admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone Without Ebola Virus Disease.

We collected data on 1054 children admitted to Ebola Holding Units in Sierra Leone and describe outcomes of 697/1054 children testing negative for Ebola virus disease (EVD) and accompanying caregivers. Case-fatality was 9%; 3/630 (0.5%) children discharged testing negative were readmitted EVD-positive. Nosocomial EVD transmission risk may be lower than feared.

[Assessing the direct cost of medical care for HIV between the third and tenth year of ARV treatment in Dakar]. / Évaluation du coût direct de la prise en charge médicale du VIH entre la troisième et la dixième année de traitement ARV à Dakar.

The direct cost of medical care for HIV infection-excluding ARVs, viral load and CD4 counts-was assessed for patients who received ARV treatment in Senegal within the framework of the ANRS cohort 1215, between the third and tenth year of follow-up. The average annual direct cost was estimated at 120 /patient/year; this amount remained stable over the first ten years of treatment follow-up. Biological assessments for routine follow-up account for the majority of these costs (66%), followed by drugs (26%). Given the level of economic poverty facing by families, patients cannot bear such expenses over several years. However, these costs appear low enough to be covered by HIV-treatment programs or included in Universal Health Coverage systems.