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Ebola: How can we help?

Ebola: How can we help?. Experiences from Sierra Leone. Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Cape Town, 1 st October 2014. Ebola Updates – 29 th September 2014. Cumulative confirmed cases – 2095 Cumulative confirmed deaths – 544 Survivors - 434.

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Ebola: How can we help?

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  1. Ebola: How can we help? Experiences fromSierra Leone Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Cape Town, 1st October 2014

  2. Ebola Updates – 29th September 2014 • Cumulative confirmed cases – 2095 • Cumulative confirmed deaths – 544 • Survivors - 434

  3. Health system in Sierra Leone • In Sierra Leone the health system is divided into six pillars • Governance including decentralisation • Human resource for health – including training and development • Service delivery – including health education and promotion • Infrastructure • Drugs and technology • Research, monitoring and evaluation • The current Ebola outbreak has further highlighted the challenges in all the six pillars mentioned above.

  4. Situation on the ground Health Workers • Demotivated • Financial and non financial incentives • Ill equipped and not fully trained in effective infection control measures • Victims • Stigmatised in society Health services • Decreased assess to health services and negatively impacted other health programmes • History of under-performing, health service delivery, coupled with high levels of out of pocket spending • shifted health-seeking behaviour towards traditional healers and drug peddlers.

  5. What can be done to help? • Evidence based research to address • the challenges • facilitators and • enablers of an effective response to the current Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone • Recommendations for building an effective and efficient response system for future communicable disease outbreaks • how aspects of the system can be changed to ensure it is better able to cope and respond to infectious outbreaks in the future. • Efficient relations with external partners to allow for continuity of research • More engagement between evidence based researchers and decision makers

  6. The way forward Overall goal • An emergency response plan should be put in place for future outbreaks of this nature, as in other countries e.g. Uganda • Evidence-based health systems research and strengthening should be an utmost priority Leadership and governance • Local capacity built to ensure effective leadership and governance systems are in place, addressing the challenges Health systems • Health worker motivation package should be developed, including training • Challenges that impede efforts in achieving UHC should be addressed particularly in the marginalised rural areas • Health facilities should be fully equipped Community involvement • Health education and promotion should be a priority both at central and district levels, with community participation

  7. Thank you www.rebuildconsortium.com

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