WHO has been working in Ebola-affected countries to help the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) achieve their 70-70-60 goals. The goals aim to get 70% of the cases isolated and treated, 70% of the deceased safely buried within 60 days from the beginning of October to 1 December.
The following examples illustrate WHO's work in countries.
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Training burial teams and frontline workers to protect themselves while caring for patients
WHO has been:
- providing curricula for multiple partners on trainings in the field on case management, contact tracing, safe and dignified burials and social mobilization;
- providing trainings on contact tracing;
- working with partners (the Governments of France, United Kingdom, USA) to train thousands in the classroom and in simulation.
To date, the following workers have been trained under WHO’s guidance.
Guinea: 75 doctors have been trained to supervise health-care workers conducting contact tracing; 50 doctors have been previously trained and deployed. The goal is to have 6 doctors in each of the active 17 prefectures.
Liberia: Working with the Ministry of Health (MOH), WHO has trained around 100 participants in the hot zone (phase 3) and is expanding its hot-zone training capacity. WHO will deliver in-clinic training to 40 national and international personnel per week over 2 training sessions. Nearly 1000 Ebola treatment unit personnel have been trained in cold case management due to the collective efforts of WHO, MOH and the US Department of Defence.
Sierra Leone: The Government of United Kingdom and WHO have trained about 4115 health-care workers, hygienists and trainers in basic personal protective equipment, infection prevention and control, and site layout. The UK and WHO will shortly be opening other treatment centres in other areas. WHO is currently starting up hot-zone training with 5 experienced clinicians.
- Ebola: Identifying the cause of death
November 2014 - Liberia: Survivors help train health workers for Ebola care
October 2014 - WHO ramps up to address Ebola challenges, to prevent new infections
April 2014
WHO/A. Bhatiasevi
Working with communities
WHO had been helping engage with communities. This enables communities to recognize the symptoms of Ebola early and move their family members to care so they do not infect others in the family or community.
- When Ebola came calling: How communities in Sierra Leone faced the challenge
November 2014 - Liberia: Working with communities is the key to stopping Ebola
October 2014 - Ebola mobilization in Siruigi, Guinea
August 2014 - Reaching out to communities at risk of Ebola in Liberia
July 2014 - Working with communities in Gueckedou for better understanding of Ebola
July 2014 - WHO supports Ministry of Health community education to contain Ebola in Liberia
July 2014 - "Wise people" help to fight Ebola in remote villages
May 2014 - Involving everyone: social mobilization is key in an Ebola outbreak response
May 2014
WHO/P. Desloovere
Building Ebola treatment centres
WHO has been working with partners to build Ebola treatment centres (ETCs) and community care centres (CCCs) so that patients can be given care to increase their chances of survival.
Two of the 3 countries – Liberia and Guinea – are currently treating more than 70% of reported cases in an ETC or CCC. In Sierra Leone, the 70% target should be met in the coming weeks, especially in the western part of the country, as additional bed capacity opens.
In the past 60 days, the total number of beds to provide care has more than doubled in Sierra Leone (267 to more than 650) and in Liberia (from 480 to nearly 1000). In Guinea, the overall capacity has remained relatively stable (approximately 200 beds).
- Under construction: Another 200 beds for Ebola patients in Liberia
October 2014 - Liberia: Ebola treatment centre sets a new pace
October 2014 - Liberia: Ebola clinic fills up within hours of opening
September 2014 - More hospital beds for Liberia
September 2014
Providing epidemiological data
WHO has been providing regular situation reports on the Ebola response roadmap that contains a review of the epidemiological situation and an assessment of the response measured against the core Roadmapindicators, where available. Updates have been provided for the following countries:
- those with widespread and intense transmission;
- those with or that have had an initial case or cases, or with localized transmission;
- those countries that neighbour or have strong trade ties with areas of active transmission.
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