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cord-012911-d6ct94d9	Jalloh, Mohamed F.	National reporting of deaths after enhanced Ebola surveillance in Sierra Leone	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	4842	235	51	In August 2014, the Government of Sierra Leone repurposed an existing national, toll-free telephone line (1-1-7 system) for communities to report all deaths and suspected Ebola patients as part of the epidemic response [13] . To inform strategies for improving routine surveillance of deaths, in April 2017, we then conducted a cross-sectional, telephone-based survey with individuals aged 18 years and above who reported a death to the 1-1-7 system after the end of enhanced Ebola surveillance in Sierra Leone. The monthly aggregated data of deaths reported to the 1-1-7 system showed a sharp decline after the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic ended in Sierra Leone compared to the post-outbreak enhanced mortality surveillance period. In the telephone survey we identified motivations related to death reporting that have practical implications for improving routine mortality surveillance in a post-Ebola-outbreak setting.	./cache/cord-012911-d6ct94d9.txt	./txt/cord-012911-d6ct94d9.txt