Ensuring ethical data access: the Sierra Leone Ebola Database (SLED) model

Organizations responding to the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone collected information from multiple sources and kept it in separate databases, including distinct data systems for Ebola hot line calls, patient information collected by field surveillance officers, laboratory testing results, clinical information from Ebola treatment and isolation facilities, and burial team records. After the conclusion of the epidemic, the Sierra Leone...