Evaluation of the OCG Response to the Ebola Outbreak, April 2016: Lessons learned from the Freetown Ebola Treatment Unit, Sierra Leone

Author(s)
Bayntun, C. & Zimble, S.A.
Publication language
English
Pages
51pp
Date published
03 Apr 2016
Publisher
Médecins Sans Frontières
Type
Real-time evaluation
Keywords
Capacity development, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, Urban
Countries
Sierra Leone

The objective of this review was to assess the response of OCG, focusing on the Freetown Prince of Wales Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra Leone (open Dec 2014 to end of Feb 2015) and to reflect on the ability to incorporate “real time lessons learned” during the ongoing management of the outbreak. The evaluation focused on operational infrastructure management (including laboratories), medical & nursing care management, epidemiological control measures, community engagement & mobilisation, capacity building, relationship with other actors and research.