Weekly Highlights
As of 20 June, IOM’s National Ebola Training Academy in partnership with WHO, COMAHS, RSLAF and MOHS has trained 8,097 health care workers and frontline responders in Freetown (7,024) and via mobile trainings (1073) on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) modules.
An operational plan for Kambia/Forecariah was agreed upon at a cross border technical meeting held in Forecariah on 18 June 2015 with wide participation from Government, IOM, UN agencies, and NGOs working in the area. Cross border activities will be integrated with patients being able to access treatment in either country irrespective of nationality. All Ebola alerts will be circulated between the Prefectural Emergency Operation Center in Guinea and the District Ebola Response Center in Kambia.
IOM in collaboration with MoHS, District Health Management Teams, DERCs, International Medical Corps and the Christian Health Association Sierra Leone, has begun a needs assessment of priority private health facilities kicking off in Western Area to evaluate urgent IPC and hygiene requirements.