Applying the WHO-ICRC BEC course to train emergency and inpatient healthcare workers in Sierra Leone early in the COVID-19 outbreak

Applying the WHO-ICRC BEC course to train emergency and inpatient healthcare workers in Sierra Leone early in the COVID-19 outbreak

Background: Treating critical illness in resource-limited settings during disease outbreaks is feasible and can save lives. Lack of trained healthcare workers is a major barrier to COVID-19 response. There is an urgent need to train healthcare workers to manage COVID-19. The World Health Organizatio...

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Main Authors: Bangura, M. (Author), Gerrard, R.B (Author), Kachimanga, C. (Author), Komba, D. (Author), Lado, M. (Author), Ludmer, N. (Author), Marsh, R.H (Author), Mukherjee, J. (Author), Patino, M. (Author), Rouhani, S.A (Author), Sonenthal, P.D (Author), Vandy, M.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
Subjects:
Basic emergency care course
Capacity building
COVID-19
Disease Outbreaks
Emergency and critical care
epidemic
epidemiology
health care personnel
Health Personnel
hospital patient
human
Humans
Inpatients
pandemic
Pandemics
Prospective Studies
prospective study
SARS-CoV-2
Sierra Leone
Training
World Health Organization
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