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STORY: WHO / DRC HEALTH WORKERS TRAINING
TRT: 3:13
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 FEBRUARY 2020, BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
22 FEBRUARY 2020, BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1. Aerial view of Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
2. Wide shot, health workers walking with patient
3. Various shots, Kavota wearing personal protective gear
4. Wide shot, Kavota walking in the maternity ward in Beni General Hospital
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“At the beginning it was stressful for us because we were in contact with some infected patients.”
6. Wide shot, nurses caring for patients
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“We didn’t really have any protection, we only wore rubber aprons, gloves and masks and that was it. Then ALIMA [the Alliance for International Medical Action], the WHO [World Health Organization] came, and all the organizations came and put their strengths together, and now we know how to isolate very well, and we built the [Ebola] treatment centre.”
8. Close up, nurse placing IV in patient’s arm
9. Wide shot, nurse caring for patient in the maternity ward
10.Med shot, nurse caring for infant
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“Before this outbreak, we didn’t have IPC [infection prevention and control] training, or training for caring the dying, or any knowledge about specific treatments [for Ebola]. But then, we received specific training about Ebola virus and its treatments. A lot of foreigners came here with their own experience and they trained us. They provided a lot of equipment that we had never used before, and a lot of new techniques. It helped us. In the event of a new outbreak, we'll be able to respond to the outbreak in a timely manner.”
12. Various shots, nurse caring for patient in the maternity ward
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“It’s clear that the outbreak is coming to an end, it’s almost over. Now we are slowly disengaging [as the outbreak ends] but we are always here in the hospital, always in primary care.”
14. Med shot, nurse taking hair cover off
15 Wide shot, nurse walking in street
As the Ebola outbreak is coming to an end in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health workers trained during the crisis are now using the skills they acquired to strengthen the healthcare system in the country.
The World Health Organizations said if no new cases emerge, the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be declared over in mid-April 2020.
Congolese health workers were on the front line of the response. They received training and supplies from the World Health Organization and partners in order to help care for Ebola patients while keeping themselves safe from infection.
Nurse Esperance Kavira Kavota worked in an Ebola Treatment Centre in the city of Beni, one of the epicentres of the Ebola outbreak, for more than a year. Now that the outbreak is coming to an end, she is back at work in the maternity ward in Beni General Hospital. Katova descirbes the experience as “stressful” at the beginning due to their contact with infected patients.
SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“We didn’t really have any protection, we only wore rubber aprons, gloves and masks and that was it. Then ALIMA [the Alliance for International Medical Action], the WHO [World Health Organization] came. All the organizations put their strengths together, and now we know how to isolate very well, and this [Ebola] treatment centre has been built.”
The experience they gained, along with the Ebola response infrastructure that was put in place, could now be used to strengthen the health system and to address other outbreaks like COVID-19.
SOUNDBITE (French) Esperance Kavira Kavota, Nurse:
“Before this outbreak, we didn’t have IPC [infection prevention and control] training, or training for caring the dying, or any knowledge about specific treatments [for Ebola]. But then, we received specific training about Ebola virus and its treatments. A lot of foreigners came here with their own experience and they trained us. They provided a lot of appropriate equipment that we never used before, and a lot of new techniques. It helped us. In the event of a new outbreak, we'll be able to respond to the outbreak in a timely manner.”
Kavota said while the Ebola outbreak is almost ever, nurses like her would always be there to serve in the hospitals in their primary care capacity.
