Sub-studies

Studies and rapid activities carried out on the HEAL-SL platform beyond its core mortality surveillance.

HEAL-SL runs continuous household enumeration and mortality surveillance across a national sample of Sierra Leone. The same sample frame and field teams can answer focused questions quickly. These are the studies and rapid activities carried out on that platform, alongside the core work.

All sub-studies

Map of Sierra Leone showing the 56 HEAL-SL sampling units screened for Ebola symptoms, against all 661 units
Ongoing8 Jun 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

Household Ebola symptom screening, June–August 2026

A six-question Ebola symptom screen added to routine HEAL-SL household visits in 56 sampling units across five districts, with symptom levels benchmarked against verbal-autopsy deaths from causes unrelated to Ebola.

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