2018
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.31.107.15517
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Implementing infection prevention and control capacity building strategies within the context of Ebola outbreak in a "Hard-to-Reach" area of Liberia

Abstract: Introduction In August 2014, WHO declared that Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa including Liberia had become a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Infection prevention and control (IPC) among healthcare workers was pivotal in reducing healthcare worker infection and containing the recent EVD outbreak. Hard to reach areas (HTRA) presents peculiar challenges in public health emergencies. We present the result of IPC capacity building strategies deployed in Gbarpolu County: a… Show more

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“…Nevertheless, following recent widespread epidemics, such as the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and the 2012 Middle-East respiratory syndrome outbreak, there are positive examples of strong partnership and governmental investment in IPC. It has indeed been encouraging that successful IPC national programmes have been developed and implemented in Sierra Leone and Liberia due to political commitment [30,31]. Barriers in the African region are well known and related to a lack of finance and specialized IPC staffing in healthcare systems, resulting in suboptimal preparedness against emerging infectious diseases and compromising global health security.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, following recent widespread epidemics, such as the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and the 2012 Middle-East respiratory syndrome outbreak, there are positive examples of strong partnership and governmental investment in IPC. It has indeed been encouraging that successful IPC national programmes have been developed and implemented in Sierra Leone and Liberia due to political commitment [30,31]. Barriers in the African region are well known and related to a lack of finance and specialized IPC staffing in healthcare systems, resulting in suboptimal preparedness against emerging infectious diseases and compromising global health security.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These has been a traditional approach in public health emergencies to address knowledge gaps as it was done in Sierra Leone ebola outbreak [ 20 ]. In Liberia, health facility-based approach was used to successfully train health workers on infection prevention and control in even hard to reach areas [ 21 ]. Formal training could have delayed activities and reduce the number of staff who would have been trained (selected few).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hence, the capacity building of health care workers involved in primary care in hard-to-reach areas is a practical way of tackling the outbreaks. [14]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%