Percentage of clients observed to have interventions in the home; reported and observed water treatment behaviors; and reported receipt of interventions, by intervention and comparison group, over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.

a<p>Remains significant at <0.001 after controlling for False Discover Rate <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0107662#pone.0107662-Benjamini1" target="_blank">[38]</a>.</p><p>Percentage of clients observed to have interventions in the home; reported and observed water treatment behaviors; and reported receipt of interventions, by intervention and comparison group, over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.</p

Clinical characteristics and treatment of ART clients at baseline, by study group, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009.

a<p>Self reported adherence obtained from medical records defined as follows: good (<5% of doses missed); fair (5–15% of doses missed); poor (>15% of doses missed).</p>b<p>Significant difference observed between intervention and comparison groups at p<0.05 using Chi-square test.</p>c<p>Tuberculosis diagnosis and staging differed between the health care facilities; for this reason no further analysis of tuberculosis was conducted.</p><p>Clinical characteristics and treatment of ART clients at baseline, by study group, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009.</p

Baseline demographic characteristics of study participants in intervention and comparison groups, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009.

<p>Comparison between intervention and comparison groups using Kruskal-Wallis test^a, Chi-Square test^b, or Fisher exact test^c.</p><p>Baseline demographic characteristics of study participants in intervention and comparison groups, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009.</p

Percent of clients with reported water treatment with Wuha Agar, free chlorine residual in stored water, and observed BCP container, at baseline (before receiving the BCP) and by home visit round, by intervention and comparison group, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October–January, 2010.

<p>Percent of clients with reported water treatment with Wuha Agar, free chlorine residual in stored water, and observed BCP container, at baseline (before receiving the BCP) and by home visit round, by intervention and comparison group, basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October–January, 2010.</p

Total number of illnesses, health facility visits, and hospitalizations reported over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, and illness scores derived from these events, by intervention and comparison group, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.

<p>Total number of illnesses, health facility visits, and hospitalizations reported over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, and illness scores derived from these events, by intervention and comparison group, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.</p

Percent of clients self-reporting one or more episodes of illness, health facility visit, and hospitalization by intervention and comparison group, over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.

a<p>Illnesses spanning multiple home visits were counted each time they were reported over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation.</p>b<p>Health facility visits and hospitalizations for HIV care, including changes in ART medications, CD4 counts, etc. do not contribute towards the illness score.</p>c<p>Remains significant at <0.05 after controlling for False Discover Rate <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0107662#pone.0107662-Benjamini1" target="_blank">[38]</a>.</p><p>Percent of clients self-reporting one or more episodes of illness, health facility visit, and hospitalization by intervention and comparison group, over 16 weeks of basic care package evaluation, Gonder and Debre Markos, Ethiopia, October 2009–January 2010.</p

All SPSS Tables and Outputs from Assessments of Ebola knowledge, attitudes and practices in Forécariah, Guinea and Kambia, Sierra Leone, July–August 2015

The border region of Forécariah (Guinea) and Kambia (Sierra Leone) was of immense interest to the West Africa Ebola response. Cross-sectional household surveys with multi-stage cluster sampling procedure were used to collect random samples from Kambia (<i>n</i> = 635) in July 2015 and Forécariah (<i>n</i> = 502) in August 2015 to assess public knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Ebola. Knowledge of the disease was high in both places, and handwashing with soap and water was the most widespread prevention practice. Acceptance of safe alternatives to traditional burials was significantly lower in Forécariah compared with Kambia. In both locations, there was a minority who held discriminatory attitudes towards survivors. Radio was the predominant source of information in both locations, but those from Kambia were more likely to have received Ebola information from community sources (mosques/churches, community meetings or health workers) compared with those in Forécariah. These findings contextualize the utility of Ebola health messaging during the epidemic and suggest the importance of continued partnership with community leaders, including religious leaders, as a prominent part of future public health protection.This article is part of the themed issue ‘The 2013–2016 West African Ebola epidemic: data, decision-making and disease control’