Côte d'Ivoire Receives COVID-19 Rapid Response Training | Division of Global Health Protection | Global Health | CDC - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Yavo explained the importance of having a trained and ready-to-respond COVID-19 workforce in this West African country. The pandemic highlighted the need to train frontline workers in remote communities and coordinate COVID-19 response efforts across Côte d’Ivoire.

The country’s first COVID-19 case was on March 11, 2020. Early in the pandemic, responders did not follow up on half of COVID-19 cases because they lacked training and did not know how to thoroughly complete disease investigation forms. Additionally, concerns about responder safety underscored the critical need for training that would bolster readiness and resilience of COVID-19 Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) in Côte d’Ivoire. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the CDC Foundation worked with CDC’s Emergency Response Capacity Team (ERCT) to identify and virtually support countries with COVID-19 rapid response training.

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