US based company Securiport has announced plans to provide advanced biometric screening technologies to help fight Ebola in West Africa.   

Securiport specialises in the design and implementation of passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, and intelligent information control systems.

And according to a statement the biometric screening technologies will provide comprehensive contact tracing data analytics to help governments and health organisations to effectively monitor and control the spread of the virus in West Africa.

Since March this year the Ebola virus has swept across West Africa resulting in 3,439 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation.

Countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have been hit the hardest.

It was recently reported that Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths, and 81 new cases in a single day.

And last week the US recorded its first case of Ebola, a Liberian national who had traveled to Texas.

However, Securiport believes that its biometric solutions will leverage ultrasound technology to provide the most accurate identity verification reporting in West Africa.  

The biometric data is collected and integrated into a comprehensive database of traveler activity, and stored in a secure cloud environment, the statement noted.

Anibal Cheble, general manager of Securiport Sierra Leone said, "One of the more complex challenges in the fight against the spread of Ebola is managing the flow of infected individuals from one country to the next."

Cheble added, "Our intelligent biometric technology and data analytics keep governments informed and empowered. With our tools, they can effectively monitor the flow of people from across borders, making it easier to stop the virus from transferring from region to region."

Securiport's immigration control systems are now in place across a total of seven West African nations, including Sierra Leone, Senegal and Ivory Coast.

"Part of the solution to controlling and suppressing this outbreak is to conduct risk assessment and contact tracing," Cheble explained.

"Knowing where a passenger has been, where they are going or what and whom they've come into contact with can be vital information to help control the spread," he said.