Weekly Highlights
A high level delegation from IOM HQ, Regional Office Dakar and US CDC is visiting Sierra Leone from 10-14 July as part of a West Africa assessment tour of IOM’s Health and Humanitarian Border Management programming. Delegates have assessed health screening and flow monitoring operations in Kambia and Freetown with colleagues from WHO and identified areas for future collaboration.
IOM’s Magazine Wharf outbreak response is entering week 3.
As of 13 July, IOM clinicians will begin Infection Prevention and Control training targeting hospitals support to King’s College of London training staff at Connaught Hospital. In the following weeks similar support will be extended to Princess Christian’s Maternity and Ola During Children’s Hospitals.
During the coming week, the final community based trainings in Kambia on emergency interim care kits will be completed and a partners meeting held with ACF, ABC Development and the District Health Management Teams to discuss priorities moving forward.