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The EFFO initially worked in Senegal and Burkina Faso, but several pilot activities had already been initiated in Rwanda back in 2018. These included simulation exercises in hospitals that were developed in August 2018 and February 2019. Furthermore, a refresher course for the first trainer cohort was made available in 2019.

July 2019: Pilot training for health care staff from private institutions

Übung zum korrekten Ausziehen von Handschuhen ohne Kontamination. © RKI

At the urgent request of Rwanda, a training course focusing on basic hygiene and identification of suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases for health personnel from private health facilities was jointly designed and successfully piloted in July 2019 in cooperation with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).

People practising the donning and doffing of the protective hood (© RKI)

The 4-day refresher course took place in Butare, where in June 2018 the first cohort of trainers was trained within the framework of the ESTHER hospital partnership between Rwanda and Germany.The 4-day refresher course took place at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Butare, CHUB), where in June 2018 the first cohort of trainers was trained within the framework of the ESTHER hospital partnership between Rwanda and Germany

Simulation exercise: A pregnant patient with bleeding presents in the emergency room.© RKI

In February 2019 a simulation exercise took place in southwestern Rwanda on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the context of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of August 2018 – June 2020.20 .

The donning of Personal Protective Equipment is practised (© RKI)

Upon request from the RBC, a second cohort of ten EFFO trainers was trained in November 2018. This was against the backdrop of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the neighboring province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which occurred between August 2018 and June 2020.

Participants of the simulation exercise enter the temporary isolation area. © EFFO

The EFFO team trained medical and nursing staff at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB).

In response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which started in 2018, the EFFO project trained nine doctors and nurses in neighboring Rwanda.