Table 1.
Region | District | Rationale |
West | Urban Rural |
Ongoing Ebola transmission Combined, these two districts in the capital of Freetown recorded the highest number of new and cumulative cases of Ebola51 |
North | Kambia | Ongoing Ebola transmission Continued to have hotspot communities mainly along the Forécariah border area with Guinea2 |
Port Loko | Ongoing Ebola transmission Shares a border district with Kambia and was the second highest number of cumulative cases2 |
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East | Kono | Most recent Ebola transmission in the Eastern region Only district in the region with ongoing transmission as of February 20152 |
South | Moyamba | Most recent Ebola transmission in the Southern region Only district in the region with ongoing transmission as of March 20152 |