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cord-335004-vw6up31u	McDiarmid, Melissa	Duty of care and health worker protections in the age of Ebola: lessons from Médecins Sans Frontières	2019-08-31		.txt	text/plain	2428	156	53	► Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health workers had a much lower incidence rate of 4.3/1000, explained as the result of MSF's 'duty of care' toward staff safety. ► Adopting and consistently enforcing these broader, duty of care safety policies in deployed teams augments and fortifies standard infection prevention practices, creating a more protective, comprehensive safety programme. analySeS oF HealTH rISkS relaTed To THe job propoSed Months before the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency in August 2014, MSF teams were already deployed to multiple sites in the affected West Africa region, providing patient care, contact tracing, community outreach and logistical support to the Ebola response. The briefings and training for prospective international Ebola staff emphasise specific sanitation and infection prevention and control (IPC) work practices, which limit exposure to infectious body fluids or objects. provIdIng FolloW-up For any IllneSS or Work-relaTed Injury Staff illness, including suspected Ebola cases, are managed by the team-based health focal point (Action 4).	./cache/cord-335004-vw6up31u.txt	./txt/cord-335004-vw6up31u.txt