A new
page on PreventEpidemics.org
highlights the linkages between health care
worker safety and epidemic preparedness and describes our team’s
ongoing work to improve infection prevention and control measures at the
primary health care level across Africa. Between April 2020 and January 2021,
we worked with a variety of stakeholders and organizations to help
train more than 40,000 health
care workers from more than 8,000 facilities in 22 countries
. As the
pandemic progressed, our team and country partners continued work to improve
infection prevention and control measures and ensure the maintenance of
essential health services at the primary health care level at more than 1,800
facilities in nine countries. Through our work, our team has found that modest
investments in health facilities and health care workers will contribute to
stronger global health security and make the world safer from the next epidemic
threat.
