This booklet showcases personal stories of change and growth that demonstrate how USAID’s Advancing Partners & Communities project support benefited the people and health system in Sierra Leone.
Through the USAID-funded Advancing Partners & Communities project, managed by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., 14 Clinical Training Officers (CTOs) working in 14 districts have received extensive training and on-the-job support to enhance their clinical and mentorship capacities. With these new skills, the 14 CTOs have provided training and mentorship to healthcare workers in 264 Peripheral Health Units across the country.
APC's ETP&SS program conducted an Ebola survivor assessment in four counties in Liberia using a mixed method of surveys and interviews. The assessment was conducted with the assistance of the National Ebola Survivors Network of Liberia and is focused on understanding survivors’ experiences when interacting with the Liberian health care system and their knowledge and perceptions of survivor representative bodies.
On Friday, October 19, 2018, USAID Liberia Mission Director, Dr. Anthony Chan, officially turned over to the MOH a modern Infectious Disease Outpatient Clinic situated on the JFK Medical Center compound. The clinic was recently renovated through APC's ETP&SS program.
Selon les recherches menées par les Instituts nationaux de la santé des ÉtatsUnis (National Institutes of Health [NIH]), les guéris de la maladie à virus Ébola (MVE) peuvent conserver le virus dans certains fluides corporels (notamment le sperme, le lait maternel, le liquide céphalorachidien) jusqu’à 32 mois après des résultats négatifs au test Ébola.
According to research conducted by NIH, survivors of Ebola virus disease can retain the virus in certain bodily fluids (i.e., sperm, breast milk, spinal fluid) for up to 32 months after testing negative for Ebola. Researchers in Liberia presented these findings during a regional meeting organized by APC in December 2016, thereby demonstrating the value of continuing surveillance of Ebola survivors and the need for regular testing for viral persistence in the semen of male survivors.
L’épidémie d’Ébola a gravement affecté le système de santé publique de la Guinée, laissant dans son sillage plus de 1 200 guéris, dont un grand nombre continue à avoir des problèmes médicaux liés au virus.
The Ebola epidemic severely impacted Guinea’s public health system and left over 1,200 survivors, many of whom continue to have medical problems related to the virus. From 2016–2018, APC, in collaboration with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, supported surveillance of Ebola survivors and their immediate contacts, rehabilitated and equipped health facilities in the regions hardest hit by Ebola, enhanced health system capacity for managing Ebola survivor care, and worked to reduce stigma and discrimination against survivors.
eux ans après l’épidémie dévastatrice d’Ébola en Guinée, le Centre médical communal (CMC) « Flamboyants » dans la capitale Conakry continue à assurer des services de santé aux guéris d’Ébola et à leurs familles. À Ratoma, le quartier desservi par le CMC Flamboyants, 1761 personnes ont contracté le virus Ébola pendant l’épidémie de 2014-2015, et 83 ont survécu.
Two years after the devastating Ebola epidemic in Guinea, the Flamboyants Community Health Center (CHC) in the capital city of Conakry continues to provide health services to Ebola survivors and their families. Learn more about the work APC has been doing with Ebola survivors in Conakry.
This booklet showcases personal stories of change and growth that demonstrate how USAID’s Advancing Partners & Communities project support benefited the people and health system in Sierra Leone.