Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Course for Frontline Healthcare Workers

A free, mobile-phone accessible, self-, online training designed to equip frontline health-care workers with essential skills to detect, report, and manage EVD safely and effectively.
– Created by Resolve to Save Lives, based on latest WHO Ebola virus disease guidance
– Free
– Available for all countries in Africa
– Mobile-friendly accessibility
– Clinical scenarios (focused on primary healthcare level)
– Engaging learning methods
– Currently in English, French version available very soon
– Self-paced flexibility
– Certificate of participation generated upon completion
-Takes approximately 40 minutes to complete
-Covers how to:
– Recognize EVD cases using standard case definitions
– Provide initial case management/safe supportive care for suspected cases
– Take appropriate infection prevention and control measures when a case is suspected
– Report suspected cases promptly and appropriately

Resource Type(s)

Free online training course

Topic(s)

case management

IPC

Audience(s)

Frontline Healthcare Workers

Language(s)

English

Country(ies)

African countries

Source(s)

https://app.healthlearn.org/go/evd-course

Resolve to Save Lives

The Ebola Communication Network was originally developed by the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-12-00058) and expanded under Breakthrough ACTION (Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-17-00017) both under the leadership of Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. This website is now maintained by Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and its contents are the sole responsibility of CCP. The contents of this website do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or Johns Hopkins University.