HIGHLIGHTS
Case Management
IOM is responsible for clinical and operational management of one Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County. Tubmanburg ETU, Bomi and Buchanan ETU, Grand Bassa stopped admitting patients on 15th April. The 2 ETUs have since been decommissioned with responsibility for EVD health services transition to County Health Teams. All assets have been donated and ETUs handed over in Bomi (27th August) and Grand Bassa (31st August)
Since 18 November 2014, when the first ETU was opened, 133 patients have been admitted, 12 survivors discharged and 15 EVD-related deaths.
Coordination, Surveillance and Capacity Building
IOM continues to provide operational support and mentorship to County Health Teams (CHTs) and border screening in Grand Cape Mount (GCM) and Grand Bassa (GB) County. Regular on-the-job training was provided at 7 Border Crossing Points and 2 county checkpoints in GCM to ensure proper screening, IPC compliance and accurate reporting.
During the reporting period, additional checkpoints were activated in GB (7) and GCM (2) with necessary infrastructure, training of screeners and supplies.IOM has expanded its work in border areas to reinforce cross-border screening of travellers and surveillance capacity.
IOM will work with CHTs and the Ministry of Health (MoH) Disease Prevention and Control Division to provide additional key resources, training and mentoring support to major ports of entry and border communities in Grand Cape Mount, Lofa,
Bong, Nimba, Grand Gedeh, River Gee and Maryland counties.IOM participated in a WHO-convened meeting on Clinical Care of Ebola Virus Disease Survivors held in Freetown,
Sierra Leone (3-4 August). IOM Bomi Medical Coordinator moderated a session on clinical management practices based on IOM experience drafting and implementing standard operating procedures for EVD survivors’ clinical and psychosocial care.