Funded by Ebola: How can we help? Experiences from Sierra Leone Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Cape Town, 1 st October 2014.

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Funded by Ebola: How can we help? Experiences from Sierra Leone Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Cape Town, 1 st October 2014

Funded by Ebola Updates – 29 th September 2014  Cumulative confirmed cases – 2095  Cumulative confirmed deaths – 544  Survivors - 434

Funded by Health system in Sierra Leone  In Sierra Leone the health system is divided into six pillars  Governance including decentralisation  Human resource for health – including training and development  Service delivery – including health education and promotion  Infrastructure  Drugs and technology  Research, monitoring and evaluation  The current Ebola outbreak has further highlighted the challenges in all the six pillars mentioned above.

Funded by Situation on the ground Health Workers  Demotivated  Financial and non financial incentives  Ill equipped and not fully trained in effective infection control measures  Victims  Stigmatised in society Health services  Decreased assess to health services and negatively impacted other health programmes  History of under-performing, health service delivery, coupled with high levels of out of pocket spending  shifted health-seeking behaviour towards traditional healers and drug peddlers.

Funded by What can be done to help?  Evidence based research to address  the challenges  facilitators and  enablers of an effective response to the current Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone  Recommendations for building an effective and efficient response system for future communicable disease outbreaks  how aspects of the system can be changed to ensure it is better able to cope and respond to infectious outbreaks in the future.  Efficient relations with external partners to allow for continuity of research  More engagement between evidence based researchers and decision makers

Funded by The way forward Overall goal  An emergency response plan should be put in place for future outbreaks of this nature, as in other countries e.g. Uganda  Evidence-based health systems research and strengthening should be an utmost priority Leadership and governance  Local capacity built to ensure effective leadership and governance systems are in place, addressing the challenges Health systems  Health worker motivation package should be developed, including training  Challenges that impede efforts in achieving UHC should be addressed particularly in the marginalised rural areas  Health facilities should be fully equipped Community involvement  Health education and promotion should be a priority both at central and district levels, with community participation

Funded by Thank you