Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge of future healthcare providers regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in a private university.
 Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A self-developed and pre-validated tool was used to collect data from students studying in three health care faculties of a university in Malaysia. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data.
 Results: More female students 170 (62.3%) participated in the present study than the male students 103 (37.7%), out of a total of 273 studied students. The majority of the final year students had an adequate knowledge towards EVD than the pre-final year students.
 Conclusion: Overall appropriate and good knowledge was observed among the studied future healthcare providers. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had better knowledge regarding EVD than the rest of the studied students.
Highlights
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and transmittable viral hemorrhagic fever which can be transmitted to humans from an infected person or animal [1]
Overall appropriate and good knowledge was observed among the studied future healthcare providers
The present study concluded that pharmacy students had better knowledge regarding Ebola virus disease (EVD) than the rest of the studied students
Summary
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and transmittable viral hemorrhagic fever which can be transmitted to humans from an infected person or animal [1]. It has a public health hazard with a high mortality rate ranging from 25 to 90% [2]. Ebola virus is categorized as the prototype virus pathogen that belonged to hemorrhagic fever, which can cause severe disease with a high fatality rate [4]. The transmission of Ebola virus disease from patients in the healthcare system had been surveyed as a typical pattern of inappropriate protective measures [5]. The health care providers should have the proper knowledge of the safety and precautions of this disease
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