The impact of education on reducing Ebola virus disease transmission in healthcare facilities

摘要

Background: The largest Ebola outbreak in history occurred between Dec 2013 and October 2015, in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea- a total of 28640 cases with 11 315 deaths (39.5%) were recorded. Amongst healthcare workers (HCW), a total of 881 cases with 531 deaths was recorded until the end of Dec 2015. The strategic plans included strengthening of healthcare systems, infection control (IC) training of as many (HCW) as possible, and establishing a national IC programme.