Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Risk perceptions of MSF healthcare workers on the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Healthcare workers (HCW) in general are considered to be at high risk during epidemics. Their training for Ebola provided by Médecins sans frontières (MSF) is presently based on imparting factual information, which does not necessarily translate into knowledge or appropriate practices. We aimed to u...

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Main Authors: S. Sridhar, P. Brouqui, J. Fontaine, I. Perivier, P. Ruscassier, P. Gautret, I. Régner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:
Comparative optimism
Ebola
healthcare workers
risk perception
training
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516300245

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