Hospital preparedness for Ebola virus disease: a training course in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Celia Carlos (Author), Rowena Capistrano (Author), Charissa Fay Tobora (Author), Mari Rose delos Reyes (Author), Socorro Lupisan (Author), Aura Corpuz (Author), Charito Aumentado (Author), Lyndon Lee Suy (Author), Julie Hall (Author), Julian Donald (Author), Megan Counahan (Author), Melanie S Curless (Author), Wendy Rymer (Author), Melanie Gavin (Author), Chelsea Lynch (Author), Meridith A Black (Author), Albert D Anduyon (Author), Pedra Buttner (Author), Rick Speare (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To develop, teach and evaluate a training workshop that could rapidly prepare large numbers of health professionals working in hospitals in the Philippines to detect and safely manage Ebola virus disease (EVD). The strategy was to train teams (each usually with five members) of key health...