Strengthening Health Systems While Responding to a Health Crisis: Lessons Learned by a Nongovernmental Organization During the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Sierra Leone
| Autor: | John Welch, Jonathan Lascher, Regan H. Marsh, Mohammed Bailor Barrie, Sheila Davis, Kimberly Spray, Fodei Daboh, Nahid Bhadelia, Joyce Chang, Andrew Sesay, K.P. Barron, Raphael Frankfurter, Rebecca E. Rollins, Kerry Dierberg, Bryan Eustis, Corrado Cancedda, Danielle Kloepper, Ted Philip, Sarthak Das, Kirstin W. Scott, Ronald Marsh, Piero Pertile, Ilias Pavlopoulos, Ann C. Miller, Joia S. Mukherjee, Allan Mayfield, Ophelia M. Dahl, Katherine Bollbach, Edgar Thomas, Sherry Bangura, Yusupha Dibba, Megan Murray, Gabriel S. Warren, Cameron T Nutt, Michael Drasher, Michael Grady, Sahr James, Elizabeth Barrera, Ahmidu Barrie, Peter M. George, Paul Farmer, Karin Huster, Adikali Alpha Kamara, J. Daniel Kelly, David Walton, Gary L. Gottlieb, Gina Lamin, Amanda Schwartz, Ryan McBain, Manso S. Sumbuya, Annie Michaelis, Alimamy Philip Koroma, Andy Hall, M. Jana Broadhurst, Cora Nally, Eugene T Richardson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Emergency Medical Services
Economic growth Expatriate Health Personnel 030231 tropical medicine medicine.disease_cause Sierra Leone Sierra leone 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine Emergency medical services Humans Immunology and Allergy 030212 general & internal medicine Epidemics health care economics and organizations Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Organizations Government Ebola virus Emergency management business.industry Public sector International community Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Ebolavirus Infectious Diseases emergency response health system strengthening Ebola Public Health Health Facilities business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| Popis: | An epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) beginning in 2013 has claimed an estimated 11 310 lives in West Africa. As the EVD epidemic subsides, it is important for all who participated in the emergency Ebola response to reflect on strengths and weaknesses of the response. Such reflections should take into account perspectives not usually included in peer-reviewed publications and after-action reports, including those from the public sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), survivors of Ebola, and Ebola-affected households and communities. In this article, we first describe how the international NGO Partners In Health (PIH) partnered with the Government of Sierra Leone and Wellbody Alliance (a local NGO) to respond to the EVD epidemic in 4 of the country's most Ebola-affected districts. We then describe how, in the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is partnering with the public sector to strengthen the health system and resume delivery of regular health services. PIH's experience in Sierra Leone is one of multiple partnerships with different stakeholders. It is also one of rapid deployment of expatriate clinicians and logistics personnel in health facilities largely deprived of health professionals, medical supplies, and physical infrastructure required to deliver health services effectively and safely. Lessons learned by PIH and its partners in Sierra Leone can contribute to the ongoing discussion within the international community on how to ensure emergency preparedness and build resilient health systems in settings without either. |
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