title: Rapid development and use of a nationwide training program for cholera management, Haiti, 2010.
abstract: When epidemic cholera appeared in Haiti in October 2010, the medical community there had virtually no experience with the disease and needed rapid training as the epidemic spread throughout the country. We developed a set of training materials specific to Haiti and launched a cascading training effort. Through a training-of-trainers course in November 14-15, 2010, and department-level training conducted in French and Creole over the following 3 weeks, 521 persons were trained and equipped to further train staff at the institutions where they worked. After the training, the hospitalized cholera patients' case-fatality rate dropped from 4% to <2% by mid-December and was <1% by January 2011. Continuing in-service training, monitoring and evaluation, and integration of cholera management into regular clinical training will help sustain this success.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. rvt1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Robert V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Tauxe
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Jean W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Domerçant
authors.forename: Azharul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching
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