The outbreak was declared over on July 2, 2017, when the last patient had tested negative for Ebola a second time. Similarly, in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, national level laboratories and preparedness plans have persisted. Sierra Leone closed the NERC and distributed its personnel and authorities throughout the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. This decision met concern from the public as NERC was viewed as relatively free from the political influences within MOHS. In Liberia, county-level health teams are prepared to detect, report, and respond to probable cases of Ebola and has since responded to outbreaks in 2015 and 2017 that were rapidly contained. In Guinea, the Ministry of Health undertook a comprehensive audit, devolved some functions to the district health level, ministry created a strategic communications unit composed of a spokesperson, a media relations attaché, and a regional and district communication officer. It also developed an intranet site for internal communications. In February 2018, it was able to dispel rumors of an outbreak of Lassa fever. Because the ministry had revamped its website, trained communication staff, and created a monthly newsletter and Facebook page, the ministry was able to more effectively disseminate accurate information. In Sierra Leone, the 2016 National Civil Registration Act established a new authority in Sierra Leone that registers citizens and residents and records vital events, including births and deaths. As of March 2017, Sierra Leone has in place an electronic reporting system for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) with weekly data from >95% of health facilities for all IDSR priority diseases.67 Provided sufficient political will, funding and continuous social mobilisation and community engagement to increase usage, the 117 system could become a model for toll-free, phone-based death reporting tool that could be used in other low-income and middle income countries.67 b. Open Data Platforms and Databases In addition to national initiatives that create rational hierarchies for data collection, management, analysis, and distribution, the digital platforms for open data sharing offer an opportunity to facilitate information about index cases, contact tracing, health facility data, trials involving unlicensed therapies, and response coordination. 21 These opportunities are overlapping and mutually supporting. One of the barriers to data sharing using these platforms over the course of the Ebola outbreak was the non-standardized methods for data collection and sharing; this barrier may be addressed through the training of local healthworkers versed in standardized methods of data recording, editing, and analysis. 13 23 Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra