The Ministry of Health in Jamaica today announced that more than 150 health care workers will be trained by two Cuban experts over the next three weeks as part of the Ebola preparedness, response and management activities.
The training will cover epidemiology, patient management, safety, infection control, use of personal protective equipment, risks associated with Ebola and isolation, the ministry said in a release Thursday.
The training, which started on Monday, consists four sessions, each conducted over a three-day period.
Among the participants being trained are doctors and nurses from the public and private health sector, representatives from the University Hospital of the West Indies and the School of Public Health, University of Technology, the ministry said.
These persons along with the 30 Cuban workers who arrived in the island in November will be a part of the team of health staff in preparation for any possibility of Ebola reaching Jamaica.
The training being done by the Cubans is part of an agreement reached during a mission to Cuba in October led by Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson.
The two Cubans, who are experts in the field of Microbiology and Epidemiology, arrived in Jamaica on Saturday, November 29th from the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in Havana.
According to the release, Cuba has also agreed to deploy doctors and nurses to assist in the response if Jamaica experiences an outbreak of Ebola.
