Training Course: Infection Prevention and Control for Healthcare Workers 12-16 April 2021!
The Basic IPC for Healthcare Workers is an introductory course specifically designed for healthcare personnel requiring basic IPC knowledge with an emphasis on hand hygiene, standard precautions, and procedure-based transmission precautions in newly developing health systems. It is not designed to be totally comprehensive or extensive, but to introduce basic concepts of IPC to the […]
CDC Africa Webcast Healthcare Worker Safety: Proper Usage of Personal Protective Equipment
Please see below webinar regarding Healthcare worker Safety and the Proper Use of Personal protective Equipment. Speakers from the event include Professor Ogunsola, ICAN Chairperson. Programme below: Introduction on COVID-19 Status in Africa – Dr Bakare W Ariyo ACDC PPE – Multimodal Strategy for Use and Reuse Prof F Ogunsola ICAN PPE – Buying and […]
New Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea
Health authorities in Guinea today declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, marking the first time the disease has been reported in the country since an outbreak ended in 2016. Initial investigations found that a nurse from the local health facility died […]
#WearAMask Challenge!
Join the new WHO #WearAMask challenge & protect your loved ones from #COVID19. To break the chains of transmission, we must also: -Keep physical distance -Keep cleaning your hands -Keep away from big crowds -Keep covering your mouth and nose when coughing
COVID-19 External Situation Report 24 June 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak continues to accelerate with over 700 000 cases and 12 000 deaths reported in the WHO African Region. Since our last External Situation Report 21 issued on 22 July 2020, a total of 114 394 new confirmed COVID-19 cases (an 18% increase) was reported from 45 countries between 22 […]
Reprocessing of medical devices: an important part of infection prevention
Reprocessing of medical devices: an important part of infection prevention Webinar Series – click here for more information.
MSF IPC Advisor Vacancy
Please see below advertisement on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières – Application details are found at the bottom MSF is an international, independent medical humanitarian organisation. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We are a nonprofit, self-governed, member-based organisation. MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris […]
Global Webinar Series: Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19
More information below English Français Next session: Use of Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020 Time US: 8:00 – 9:30am EDT Latin America: 6AM El Salvador│9AM Brazil / Africa: 12:00 pm GMT │1:00 pm WAT │2:00 pm CAST│3:00 pm EAT Europe: 2:00 pm CEST │ 3:00 pm EEST / Asia: […]
Distance, Dose, Dispersion: An experts’ guide on Covid-19 risks in South Africa and how to manage them
Understand the three things that can make the most difference to easing the lockdown and reopening South Africa with the least risk, whether you are using a taxi, socialising, working, working out, or running a shop. Link to article published by ICAN members https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-26-distance-dose-dispersion-an-experts-guide-on-covid-19-risks-in-south-africa-and-how-to-manage-them/#gsc.tab=0 Written by Lucy Allais, Shaheen Mehtar, Francois Venter, David Francis, Shabir […]