Weekly Highlights
As of 13 June, IOM’s National Ebola Training Academy in partnership with WHO, COMAHS, RSLAF and MOHS has trained 7,909 health care workers and frontline responders in Freetown (6,885 at the Academy) and via mobile trainings (1024 trained) on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) modules.
In support of the Government’s 21-day surge operation in Kambia and Port Loko, IOM is providing 100% monitoring of the entry/exit health screening process at the international border crossing in Kambia district with the deployment of 25 IOM monitors that are in operation 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Beginning 15 June, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), District Health Medical Teams (DHMTs), District Ebola Response Centres (DERCs), International Medical Corps (IMC) and Christian Health Association Sierra Leone (CHASL), IOM will conduct a 2 week needs assessments of priority private health facilities in Kailahun, Kenema, Kono, Bo, Moyamba, Pujehun,
Western Urban and Western Rural Districts in order to rapidly evaluate urgent IPC and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) requirements.