How to conduct safe and dignified burial of a patient who has died from suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease

How-to-conduct-safe-and-dignified-burialHow to conduct safe and dignified burial of a patient who has died from suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease

PPPHW – Handwashing and Ebola Fact Sheet

eb3factsheet on the role of handwashing with soap and Ebola from the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW).

 

More handwashing resources from PPPHW.

WHO – Frequently Asked Questions on Ebola Virus Disease

whoA fact sheet with frequently asked questions from the World Health Organization.

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

whowashwaterProvision of water and sanitation plays an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. Good and consistently applied water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices, both in health-care settings and the community will further help to prevent human-to-human transmission of EVD and many other infectious diseases.

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

Ebola SMS Course for Health Workers

intra3These messages were developed based on the US CDC’s Ebola Guidelines for Health Workers[1]. The course is available for general use and modification under a creative commons license. IntraHealth recommends that the course be adapted to meet national guidelines and language.

The course presented here is a series of SMS message (140 characters or less) to be sent over a period of a week or two to health workers. SMSs can be sent out to health workers’ mobile phone numbers via systems such as RapidSMS[2] using an iHRIS[3] HR database or another compatible system.

Ebola SMS Messages for Health Workers

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[1] http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp

[2] https://www.rapidsms.org/

[3] http://www.ihris.org/ iHRIS is currently being used by 19 countries to manage over 1 million health worker HR records.

Ebola mLearning Course for Health Workers

intra2IntraHealth International has developed an Ebola Interactive Voice Response (IVR) course. These messages were developed based on the US CDC’s Ebola Guidelines for Health Workers[1]. The course is available for general use and modification under a creative commons license. We recommend that the course be adapted to meet national guidelines and language.

The IVR course is especially useful for illiterate or semi-literate community health workers and for health workers who speak minority languages for which it can be difficult to find sufficient numbers of qualified face-to-face trainers.

The course presented here is a series of essential Ebola questions and answers.

Ebola mLearning Course for Health Workers

 

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[1] http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/

Ebola mLearning Course for Health Workers – French

intra1IntraHealth International has developed an Ebola Interactive Voice Response (IVR) course. These messages were developed based on the US CDC’s Ebola Guidelines for Health Workers[1]. The course is available for general use and modification under a creative commons license. We recommend that the course be adapted to meet national guidelines and language.

The IVR course is especially useful for illiterate or semi-literate community health workers and for health workers who speak minority languages for which it can be difficult to find sufficient numbers of qualified face-to-face trainers.

The course presented here is a series of essential Ebola questions and answers.

Ebola mLearning Course for Health Workers French

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[1] http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/

Templated Plan for Announcing First Case of Confirmed Ebola

Templated-Plan-for-Announcing-First-Case-of-Confirmed-EbolaThis document describes possible health communication activities supporting the public announcement of this first case of Ebola diagnosed in your country.

Templated Plan for Announcing First Case of Confirmed Ebola

Templated-Plan-for-Announcing-First-Case-of-Confirmed-Ebola-(French)Templated Plan for Announcing First Case of Confirmed Ebola (French – PDF )

Templated Plan for Announcing First Case of Confirmed Ebola (French – Word Version)

Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist

consolidatedebolaviruschecklistWHO Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist