Table IV.
Simplified Risk Scores for West African Countries and Two Developed Countries (United States and United Kingdom) Affected by EVD
| Risk Criteria | Nigeria | Guinea | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Senegal | Mali | United States | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDP | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Health expenditure (% of GDP | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | History of war/civil unrest within the last decade | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Use of traditional healer and high‐risk traditional practices | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Unsafe animal handling practices | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Physician density | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Nurses and midwives density | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Density of skilled HCW | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Availability of diagnostic capacity | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Quarantine system and border screening | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 11 |