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Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Sierra Leone was in the process of strengthening tracing of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) contact with training of contact tracers, continuous mentoring and monitoring, supervision and continuous support. This was through various national and international organizations. This study aimed a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740849 http://dx.doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6537 |
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author | Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Sierra Leone was in the process of strengthening tracing of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) contact with training of contact tracers, continuous mentoring and monitoring, supervision and continuous support. This was through various national and international organizations. This study aimed at identifying the challenges of contact tracers with a view of improving contact tracing activities in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone. METHODS: In-depth interview was conducted among contact tracers who were actively involved in contact tracing within the 4 weeks preceding the interview. In-depth interview guide was used to interview the contact tracers. Questions were asked about the state of EVD outbreak, challenges of contact tracing, ways to improving contact tracers activities and ways to ensure community participation and follow up action. RESULTS: A total of 12 Contact tracers were interviewed. Most of the contact tracers saw the lifting of ban by the Government on movement as a delay to stopping the outbreak. Some of them were being threatened by their communities and insulted. Some communities with EVD cases felt it was no longer in Sierra Leone and that the contact tracers were the ones infecting the people with Ebola. More than 80% of the participants indicated that retraining of contact tracers and re-orientation of community members would help in putting a stop to the outbreak. CONCLUSION: All participants indicated interest in improving their activities and performance. They suggested that more social mobilization is needed to ensure the cooperation of their communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-46955262016-01-06 Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Sierra Leone was in the process of strengthening tracing of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) contact with training of contact tracers, continuous mentoring and monitoring, supervision and continuous support. This was through various national and international organizations. This study aimed at identifying the challenges of contact tracers with a view of improving contact tracing activities in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone. METHODS: In-depth interview was conducted among contact tracers who were actively involved in contact tracing within the 4 weeks preceding the interview. In-depth interview guide was used to interview the contact tracers. Questions were asked about the state of EVD outbreak, challenges of contact tracing, ways to improving contact tracers activities and ways to ensure community participation and follow up action. RESULTS: A total of 12 Contact tracers were interviewed. Most of the contact tracers saw the lifting of ban by the Government on movement as a delay to stopping the outbreak. Some of them were being threatened by their communities and insulted. Some communities with EVD cases felt it was no longer in Sierra Leone and that the contact tracers were the ones infecting the people with Ebola. More than 80% of the participants indicated that retraining of contact tracers and re-orientation of community members would help in putting a stop to the outbreak. CONCLUSION: All participants indicated interest in improving their activities and performance. They suggested that more social mobilization is needed to ensure the cooperation of their communities. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4695526/ /pubmed/26740849 http://dx.doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6537 Text en © Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title | Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title_full | Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title_fullStr | Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title_full_unstemmed | Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title_short | Learning from the challenges of Ebola Virus Disease contact tracers in Sierra Leone, February, 2015 |
title_sort | learning from the challenges of ebola virus disease contact tracers in sierra leone, february, 2015 |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740849 http://dx.doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6537 |
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