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Ambulance Workers - Epidemic Control and Reinforcement of Health Services Project Sierra Leone
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Resource ID
66877
Access
Open
Consent form provided?
Yes
Region
West Africa
Style
Close-up
Subject Keywords
Man, Women, Woman
Image size
3936x2624
Source
Digital Camera
Country
Sierra Leone
Theme
Sexual reproductive and maternal health, Health
Camera make / model
ILCE-7M3
Project/Donor
BMZ/KFW (Epidemic Control and Reinforcement of Health Services Project - Sierra Leone (2015-2023)
Keywords
Clinic/Hospital, Health Worker, Hygiene/Sanitation, Rural, Transport, Water/Wells
Named person(s)
Justina Koroma, Abdul Kargbo
Credit
Shantelle Spencer
Copyright
Shantelle Spencer/CARE
Date Image Taken
14 March 19
Caption
Sierra Leone's Ambulance workers – Justina and Abdul
Justina Koroma prepares the medical equipment in the back of the ambulance while Abdul Kargbo peeks under the front hood in a routine morning check. “We work from 7am to 7pm, and we have to be ready to go at any minute.”
Justina and Abdul are part of the first cohort of ambulance workers in Sierra Leone, trained and hired as part of a new emergency medicine program of the Ministry of Health. They are part of recent progress made to improve referral pathways to end preventable deaths, particularly of maternal deaths. The program placed fully-equipped and fueled ambulances in each district to refer people from the Primary Health Unit to the Central Health units, or to the district hospitals. CARE also provides training to health workers on referral pathways and procedure, to ensure the ambulances are used most efficiently.
“Mothers with labour complications or high risk pregnancies are by far our most common patients, followed by accidents” says Justina. “But they are often get to the PHU or CHC too late, so when they are referred they pass away while we’re driving. Those are the hardest cases.”
For Abdulai, the most challenging part of is around logistics – it’s not easy to keep a vehicle fueled and running smoothly. “Often the roads are very bad and the distances in this district are far, so it takes us time to get from place to place.”
“My favorite part of my job is when I
Ambulance workers – Justina and Abdul
Justina Koroma prepares the medical equipment in the back of the ambulance while Abdul Kargbo peeks under the front hood in a routine morning check. “We work from 7am to 7pm, and we have to be ready to go at any minute.”
Justina and Abdul are part of the first cohort of ambulance workers in Sierra Leone, trained and hired as part of a new emergency medicine program of the Ministry of Health. They are part of recent progress made to improve referral pathways to end preventable deaths. The program placed fully-equipped and fueled ambulances in each district to refer people from the Primary Health Unit to the Central Health units, or to the district hospitals. CARE also provides training to health workers on referral pathways and procedure, to ensure the ambulances are used most efficiently.
“Mothers with labour complications or high risk pregnancies are by far our most common patients, followed by accidents” says Justina. “But they are often get to the PHU or CHC too late, so when they are referred they pass away while we’re driving. Those are the hardest cases.”
For Abdulai, the most challenging part of is around logistics – it’s not easy to keep a vehicle fueled and running smoothly. “Often the roads are very bad and the distances in this district are far, so it takes us time to get from place to place.”
“My favorite part of my job is when I get to deliver babies on the road. Sometimes when the mothers are referred to the hospital, they give birth while we’re in transit. The mother’s face when she sees her baby is what keeps me going.”
Midwife Glenys speaks favorably about the ambulance program. “I know the ambulances will reduce maternal deaths for us. Before the public ambulances, we would have to get the family to pay for fuel to send the clinics private ambulances, or if the clinic didn’t have a vehicle we would need to send them in a taxi or on a motorcycle. Now we can send them in an ambulance without cost being an issue.”
get to deliver babies on the road. Sometimes when the mothers are referred to the hospital, they give birth while we’re in transit. The mother’s face when she sees her baby is what keeps me going.”
Midwife Glenys speaks favorably about the ambulance program. “I know the ambulances will reduce maternal deaths for us. Before the public ambulances, we would have to get the family to pay for fuel to send the clinics private ambulances, or if the clinic didn’t have a vehicle we would need to send them in a taxi or on a motorcycle. Now we can send them in an ambulance without cost being an issue.”
Marker lat / long: 8.5, -11.5 (WGS84)
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