We and the nurses are now working with one voice: How community leaders and health committee members describe their role in Sierra Leone’s Ebola response
S. McMahon, L. Ho, K. Scott, H. Brown, L. Miller, R. Ansumana, R. Ratnayake
18
July
2017
Output type
Journal article
Location
Sierra Leone
Focus areas
No items found.
Topics
Ebola
Programme
Humanitarian Research

Across low-income settings, community volunteers and health committee members support the formal health system – both routinely and amid emergencies – by engaging in health services such as referrals and health education. During the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic, emerging reports suggest that community engagement was instrumental in interrupting transmission. Nevertheless, literature regarding community volunteers’ roles during emergencies generally, and Ebola specifically, is scarce. This research outlines what this cadre of the workforce did, how they coped, and the facilitators and barriers they faced to providing care in Sierra Leone.
No items found.
Attachments
Other resources
explore all resources
HIF Case Study: Addressing Reproductive Coercion In Healthcare Settings (ARCHES)
Review of mVAM programme: novel application of mobile technologies for food security monitoring
Participants’ Perceptions of Ebola Research Report to participants