EBODAC: Sierra Leone | World Vision

World Vision Ireland, as part of the EBODAC consortium, has played a key role in supporting clinical trials of Ebola Vaccines in Sierra Leone. Since 2015, we have worked closely with our local partner organisation, World Vision Sierra Leone to implement a number of innovative strategies and tools to support communications and community engagement for a series of clinical Ebola Vaccine trials.

World Vision works closely with local communities through a team of Community Liaison facilitators to address rumours and misinformation surrounding Ebola and Ebola vaccines, as well as ensuring participant retention in the trials through follow up visits and regular community stakeholder gatherings.

The EBODAC consortium has also developed a number of innovative technologies to enhance participant identification and retention in the trials.

Biometrics

EBODAC uses a unique biometric kit that scans the eyes of volunteers and takes their finger prints, so that participants can be easily identified throughout the trial period and identified during their clinic visits.

MOTECH

The MOTECH platform supports clinical trial teams to effectively recall participants to receive the second dose of the prime-boost vaccine regimen or attend scheduled clinic visits. It has been successfully deployed and adapted to the needs of a multilingual population with a high rate of illiteracy and a lack of familiarity with clinical trials.

MOTS (Mobile Training and Support

The MOTS platform aims to strengthen the training provided to Community Health Workers (CHQ's). Interactive training modules were developed in line with the national health curriculum to provide Community Health Workers with refresher training on vaccines and emergency response practices through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. Training materials are delivered to the mobile phones of remote workers as audio files in local languages, in order to make the training as effective as possible and accessible even to those with limited literacy. CHW’s can listen to the training materials in their own time, giving them greater flexibility in their learning and reducing the burden on the Ministry of Health to organize physical trainings.

To find out more about EBODAC go to www.ebovac.org/ebodac/

Sierra Leone

Biometrics

MOTECH

MOTS (Mobile Training and Support

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