Ebola Resources for Health Workers

The Ebola Resources for Health Workers online resource centre is a web portal that "supports organisations and agencies that aid frontline health workers as they grapple with the ongoing Ebola crisis." According to Intrahealth, who are developing the resource centre, "the Ebola crisis has affected some of the most vulnerable areas of the world, and frontline health workers are struggling to keep pace with the outbreak. These health workers need clear, simple, reliable information on how to protect themselves, detect the disease, and respond to their communities’ needs."
The resource centre is designed to meet this need as it collects information, tools, and approaches gathered from contributing members to share with health care workers, often for delivery via mobile devices and printable materials. Information on the site can be searched by subject areas, resource type (brochure, factsheet, poster, etc.), tools, language, and country. The centre provides a space to "connect with contributing members to engage in the science, protocols of practice, methods of training, and other ways organisations can respond. The materials and approaches contained in these pages are meant to be useful right away as well as adaptable to local considerations of language, culture, and health system structure."
The Resources Centre is also offering a series of webinars featuring panelists speaking on issues such as information needs, health system support, and community mobilisation. These are recorded and housed on the website along with related materials.
In addition, the site offers an online community forum where people can seek and find information about Ebola and engage with others, asking questions, sharing information, and identifying needs. People can also interact through the Ebola Resources for Health Workers facebook page.
The centre is the product of a collaboration between IntraHealth International and mPowering Frontline Health Workers.