Enhancing Health Care Worker Ability to Detect and Care for Patients with Monkeypox, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Alternative Title:
  Int Health
• Personal Author:
  Bass, Jennifer ; Tack, Danielle M. ; McCollum, Andrea M. ; Kabamba, Joelle ; Pakuta, Elisabeth ; Malekani, Jean ; Nguete, Beatrice ; Monroe, Benjamin P. ; Doty, Jeffrey B. ; Karhemere, Stomy ; Damon, Inger K. ; Balilo, Marcel ; Okitolonda, Emile ; Shongo, Robert L. ; Reynolds, Mary G.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Monkeypox (MPX) is an endemic disease of public health importance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2010, the DRC Ministry of Health joined with external partners to improve MPX surveillance in the Tshuapa Health District of DRC. A pivotal component of the program is training of health zone personnel in surveillance methods and patient care. In this report we evaluate outcomes of the training program.
  
  Methods
  
  Health care worker knowledge of key concepts in the MPX training curriculum was assessed using an anonymous self-administered survey. Additionally, evaluators collected feedback about the capacity of participants to perform the surveillance tasks. Training impacts were determined by assessing various surveillance performance metrics.
  
  Results
  
  Correct trainee responses to questions about MPX symptoms and patient care increased significantly upon completion of training events. During the 12 months after the initial training, the proportion of suspected cases investigated increased significantly (from 6.7 to 37.3%), as compared to the 5 months prior. However, the proportion of reported cases that were ultimately confirmed remained unchanged, 20.1% (5/24) vs. 23.3% (60/257).
  
  Conclusions
  
  We have demonstrated that the MPX curriculum developed for this initiative was effective in transferring knowledge and was associated with improved detection of human MPX cases.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Endemic Diseases Female Follow-Up Studies Health Personnel Humans Male Middle Aged Mpox (monkeypox) Population Surveillance Program Evaluation Public Health

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• Source:
  Int Health. 5(4):237-243.
• Pubmed ID:
  24246742
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5688513
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:901c476ef1d36a673e649ee3228f3faacb83ce3e38cf3bef81dd58109a1f0949
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49852/cdc_49852_DS1.pdf
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