Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya

The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, commun...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2022-12, Vol.28 (13), p.S247-S254
Main Authors: Kimani, Daniel, Ndegwa, Linus, Njeru, Mercy, Wesangula, Eveline, Mboya, Frankline, Macharia, Catherine, Oliech, Julius, Weyenga, Herman, Owiso, George, Irungu, Kamau, Luvsansharav, Ulzii-Orshikh, Herman-Roloff, Amy
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Language:English
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Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya
Clinical and Health Services Delivery and Impact
Committees
Communication
coronavirus disease
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Disease transmission
Disinfection & disinfectants
Health care
Health facilities
Health Personnel
Human remains
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control
Infections
Leadership
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
pandemic
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Personal protective equipment
Prevention
Public health
Quarantine
Responsible persons
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Strategic planning
Task forces
Testing laboratories
Workers
World Health Organization
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Summary:The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, communication, and training. During March-November 2020, a total of 69,892 of 121,500 (57.5%) healthcare workers were trained on IPC. Facility readiness assessments were conducted in 777 health facilities using a standard tool assessing 16 domains. A mean score was calculated for each domain across all facilities. Only 3 domains met the minimum threshold of 80%. The Ministry of Health maintained a national list of all laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. By December 2020, a total of 3,039 healthcare workers were confirmed to be SARS-CoV-2-positive, an infection rate (56/100,000 workers) 12 times higher than in the general population. Facility assessments and healthcare workers' infection data provided information to guide IPC improvements.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/EID2813.212617