Community Care Centre (CCC) as adjunct in the management of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases during outbreaks: experience from Sierra Leone

Olushayo Olu; Martin Cormican; Kande Bure Kamara; Waqar Butt

doi:10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6521

Community Care Centre (CCC) as adjunct in the management of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases during outbreaks: experience from Sierra Leone

Olushayo Olu, Martin Cormican, Kande Bure Kamara, Waqar Butt

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Community Care Centres (CCCs) represent an innovative response to the containment of infection and the care of those infected in the context of an an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of unprecedented scale. This paper describes the implementation of this response in the Port Loko district of Sierra Leone in the last quarter of 2014. CCCs were effective in encouraging EVD patients to come forward, thus removing risk of transmission to their families and communities however there is significant scope for improvement in care for patients in the centres if the model is applied in future outbreaks of infectious disease. Changes in lay out of the centres, in staff training and support, in logistics and patient education are recommended.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Pan African medical journal
Volume	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6521
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Community Care Centre (CCC)
Ebola Virus Disease
Sierra Leone

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Community Care Centre (CCC) as adjunct in the management of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases during outbreaks: experience from Sierra Leone

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