Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries.

Fatima TsiourisKieran HartsoughMichelle PoimboeufClaire RaetherMansoor FarahaniThais FerreiraCollins KamanziJoana MariaMajoric NshimirimanaJob MwanzaAmon NjengaDoris OderaLyson TenthaniOnyekachi UkaejiofoDebrah VambeErika FazitoLeena PatelChristopher LeeSusan Michaels-StrasserMiriam Rabkin

Published in: Human resources for health (2022)

Ongoing investment in health systems and focused attention to health workforce capacity building is critical to outbreak response. Successful implementation of an emergency response training such as this short-term IPC training initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, requires speed, rigor and flexibility of its design and delivery while building on pre-existing systems, resources, and partnerships.

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