EBOLA RESPONSE – GUIDELINES AND POLICIES

No. / Pillars / Document Title / Document Source / Link to Website
1. / Case Management / ·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Management of Quarantine.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedures for Decontaminating the Ebola Facilities.
·  Standard Operating Procedures on the Decontamination of EBOLA Care Centres (ECCs) March 2015.
·  Sierra Leone Ebola Treatment Centre pocket guide 15 Dec 2014. / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/GOSL%20QUARANTINE%20SOP%20final%2028_10-14.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-99,798
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20Decontaminating%20the%20Ebola%20Facilities%20v7%20Feb13%20201%205.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/STANDARD%20OPERATING%20PROCEDURE%20fINAL-2_05-03-15.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Sierra%20Leone%20Ebola%20Treatment%20Centre%20pocket%20guide%2015%20Dec%20%202014%281%29.pdf
·  Quarantines in Sierra Leone Putting people first in the Ebola crisis. / OXFAM / ·  https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/file_attachments/quarantines_in_sierra_leone__putting_people_first_in_the_ebola_crisis.pdf
·  Ebola Outbreak / UNFPA / ·  http://sierraleone.unfpa.org/assets/user/file/Mitigation%20Strategy%20-%20Annual%20Review.pdf
2. / Safe and Dignified Burials / ·  Western Area Safe and Dignified Burial Policy Social Mobilization Key Messages.
·  The Safe and Dignified Burials-FINAL.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Safe Burials.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Home Decontamination after Collection of Corpses or Transfer of Suspect/Probable Ebola Cases.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Home Decontamination after Collection of Corpses or Transfer of Suspect/Probable Ebola Cases.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Home Decontamination after Collection of Corpses or Transfer of Suspect/Probable Ebola Cases.
·  Minutes SDB Pillar Meeting 6th January 2015.
·  Burial Pillar Meeting 30 Dec / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/WA%20Safe%20Burial%20Key%20Messages%20-FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/The%20Safe%20and%20Dignified%20Burials-FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20for%20Burial%20SL%20Version2_26Feb2015app.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20for%20Home%20Disinfection_3%20Feb%202015-2_0.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20for%20Home%20Disinfection_3%20Feb%202015-2.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20for%20Home%20Disinfection_20Jan2014.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Minutes%20SDB%20Pillar%20Meeting%206th%20January%202015.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/?q=burial-pillar-meeting-venue-nerc-pillar-room-date-30-th-december-2014
3. / Social Mobilisation / ·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Ebola Social Mobilisation and Community Engagement.
·  Sierra Leone Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) For Ebola Social Mobilisation and Community Engagement.
·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Home Decontamination after Collection of Corpses or Transfer of Suspect/Probable Ebola Cases.
·  Western Area safe and dignified burial policy social mobilization key messages.
·  The Safe and Dignified Burials.
·  Consolidated Message Guide v6.
·  Consolidated Messaging Guide Version 5.
·  Ambulances: Help is on the way!
·  Roving Ambulance Exhibit Final Report: Port Loko District, Sierra Leone Centers for Disease Control and Prevention May 12, 2015.
·  When to Call 117 messaging v2
·  What happens at an EBOLA treatment centre?
·  Stay Alert, Stay Alive: Vigilance is the Key to Getting to Zero May 18 to June 07, 2015. / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SL-SocialMobilisation-SOPs%20Mar%202015Fin1.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/finalized%20SOP%20for%20Social%20Mobilization.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/SOP%20for%20Home%20Disinfection_20Jan2014.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/WA%20Safe%20Burial%20Key%20Messages%20-FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/The%20Safe%20and%20Dignified%20Burials-FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Newest%20Consoliudated%20Message%20Guide_1.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Consolidated_Messaging_Guide_Versaion%205.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Help%20is%20on%20the%20way!%20Draft%202.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Roving%20Ambulance%20Exhibit%20Report%20Draft%20FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/When%20to%20Call%20117%20messaging%20v2.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Happenings%20at%20treatment%20centre.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Big_Idea_DRAFT_Stay%20Alert%20V1.pdf
4. / Communications / ·  NERC Media & Communications SOP NOVEMBER 2014.
·  Western Area safe and dignified burial policy social mobilization key messages.
·  The Safe and Dignified Burials. / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/NERC%20Communications%20SOP_20141128_0.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/WA%20Safe%20Burial%20Key%20Messages%20-FINAL.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/The%20Safe%20and%20Dignified%20Burials-FINAL.pdf
·  Ebola Outbreak, Sierra Leone: Communication: Challenges and good practices. / ACAPS / ·  http://acaps.org/img/documents/s-sierra-leone-ebola-outbreak-communications-challenges-and-good-practices.pdf
5. / Child Protection and Psychosocial / ·  Sierra Leone Emergency Management Program Standard Operating Procedure for Management of Quarantine. / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/GOSL%20QUARANTINE%20SOP%20final%2028_10-14.pdf
6. / Logistics / ·  Meeting 16 December 2014.
·  Cumulative Stock Status as January 6, 2015.
·  Logistics Pillar Meeting on 23rd DEC
·  Logistics Cluster Sierra Leone Meeting Minutes. / NERC / ·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/16th%20December%202014.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Cumulative_Stock_Status%20as%20January%206%2C%202015.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/LOGISTICS%20PILLAR%20MEETING%20ON%2023RD%20DEC_0.pdf
·  http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/Logistics%20Cluster_Sierra%20Leone_Meeting%20Minutes_150106.pdf
7. / Preparedness / ·  Ebola Virus Disease Consolidated Preparedness Checklist Revision 1 15 January 2015.
·  Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan In West Africa World Health Organization and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. / WHO / ·  http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/137096/1/WHO_EVD_Preparedness_14_eng.pdf
·  http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/evd-outbreak-response-plan-west-africa-2014.pdf
8. / Policy Document / ·  Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa (Seventh update, 17 October 2014). / European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). / ·  http://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/docs/ebola_riskassessment_en.pdf
9. / Policy Document / ·  Policy Brief: Three Lessons from The Ebola Crisis For Sierra Leone’s Government and Investors. / MoH / ·  http://www.bansl.org/pub2015/POLICY%20BRIEF%20ON%20LESSONS%20FROM%20EBOLA.pdf
10. / Policy Document / ·  Confronting the Gender Impact of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
·  Socio-economic impact of the Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
·  Ebola in Sierra Leone: Economic Impact & Recovery.
·  UK Action Plan to Defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone.
·  Restoring Livelihoods and Fostering Social& Economic Recovery (UNDP Response to the Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone).
·  RBA’s Patient Policy Regarding Ebola. / UNDP
UNDP's Regional Bureau for Africa / ·  http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/crisis%20prevention/RBA%20Policy%20Note%20Vol%202%20No%201%202015_Gender.pdf
·  http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UNDP%20Policy%20note%20EN_web.pdf
·  http://www.adamsmithinternational.com/documents/resource-uploads/Ebola_in_Sierra_Leone.pdf
·  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357569/UK_action_plan_to_defeat_Ebola_in_Sierra_Leone_-_background_paper.pdf
·  https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/system/files/documents/files/SL_Ebola_Recovery_Strategy.pdf
·  http://rba-online.com/documents/EBOLA.pdf
11. / Policy Document / ·  How did Ebola Impact Maternal and Child Health in Liberia and Sierra Leone? / Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). / ·  http://csis.org/files/publication/151019_Streifel_EbolaLiberiaSierraLeone_Web.pdf
12. / Policy Document / ·  The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak and the Mineral Sectors of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
·  / USGS / ·  http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3033/pdf/fs2015-3033.pdf
13. / Policy Document / ·  The Non-Medical Impacts of the Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone.
·  / Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH) / ·  http://www.welthungerhilfe.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Mediathek/Mediathek_int/Fachpapiere/Sierra-Leone-Ebola-Study-Non-Medical-Impacts-Welthungerhilfe-October2014.pdf
14. / Policy Document / ·  Sierra Leone: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding. / International Monetary Fund (IMF). / ·  https://www.imf.org/external/np/loi/2015/sle/021215.pdf
15. / Policy Document / ·  National Ebola Recovery Strategy for Sierra Leone - 2015–2017. / Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL). / ·  http://ebolaresponse.un.org/sites/default/files/sierra_leone_recovery_strategy_en.pdf
16. / Policy Document / ·  Children’s Ebola Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone / Save the Children International (SCI). / ·  http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0df91d2eba74a%7D/EBOLA_REPORT_CHILDRENS_RECOVERY_ASSESSMENT_SIERRA_LEONE.PDF
17. / Policy Document / ·  Measuring National Priorities for Post-2015 in Sierra Leone
. / CPD, NPSIA, PASGR / ·  http://www.post2015datatest.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/07/Final-Sierra-Leone-Data-Test-Report.pdf
18. / Policy Document / ·  Responses to the Ebola Crisis. / House of Commons
International Development
Committee (HCIDC) / ·  http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmintdev/876/876.pdf
19. / Policy Document / ·  Measuring the impact of Ebola control measures in Sierra Leone. / London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine. / ·  http://www.pnas.org/content/112/46/14366.full.pdf?sid=0cc031e2-8672-4871-b7f3-82fdb419c1d7
20. / Policy Document / ·  A retrospective and prospective analysis of the West African Ebola virus disease epidemic: robust national health systems at the foundation and an empowered WHO at the apex. / Cross Mark / ·  http://wphna.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-05-09-Lancet-Gostin-Friedman-WHO-post-Ebola-Reform.pdf
21. / Policy Document / ·  The Social Impact of Ebola and in Particular the Nature of Social Protection Interventions Required. / AFRICAN UNION / ·  http://au.int/en/sites/default/files/newsevents/workingdocuments/14439-wd-the_social_impact_of_ebola_-english.pdf
22. / Policy Document / ·  Policy Brief: Security Sector Engagement in Global Health Crises. / The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) / ·  http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/globalhealth/ghpnew/publications/pb/PB_SECURITY_SECTOR_ENGAGEMENT_v5.pdf
23. / Policy Document / ·  U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. / Congressional Research Service. / ·  https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43697.pdf
24. / Policy Document / ·  The OXFAM Ebola Response in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
·  NEVER AGAIN: Building Resilient Health Systems and Learning from the Ebola Crisis. / OXFAM / ·  http://www.medbox.org/the-oxfam-ebola-response-in-liberia-and-sierra-leone-an-evaluation-report-for-the-disasters-emergency-committee/download.pdf
·  https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/file_attachments/bp-never-again-resilient-health-systems-ebola-160415-en.pdf
25. / Policy Document / ·  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Ebola Strategic Framework January 2015. / The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC) / ·  http://www.ifrc.org/docs/Appeals/15/1288300-Ebola-Framework-012015-EN-LR.pdf
26. / Policy Document / ·  Ebola in Sierra Leone: Moving towards Sustainable Recovery. / Christian Aid / ·  https://www.christianaid.org.uk/Images/Humanitarian-briefing-paper-Ebola-May-2015.pdf
27. / Policy Document / ·  FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment – Sierra Leone: 17 December 2014. / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). / ·  http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4279e.pdf
28. / Policy Document / ·  When free healthcare is not free. Corruption and mistrust in Sierra Leone’s primary healthcare system immediately prior to the Ebola outbreak. / Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. / ·  http://inthealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/22/inthealth.ihv024.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=NHJzwlLFzZ6o6RT
29. / Policy Document / ·  Shamed and Blamed: Pregnant Girls’ Rights at Risk in Sierra Leone. / Amnesty International (AI). / ·  https://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/report_sierra_leone.pdf
30. / Policy Document / ·  The Pivotal Role of Faith Leaders in the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa. / The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD). / ·  http://cafod.org.uk/content/download/21487/149541/file/CAFOD%20Ebola%20Faith%20leaders%20policy%20paper%20111114%20(2).pdf
31. / Policy Document / ·  Timeline of Ebola virus disease progress in West Africa. / The Lancet Public Policy / ·  http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/infographics/ebola-timeline.pdf
32. / Policy Document / ·  Ebola epidemic exposes the pathology of the global economic and political system. / People's Health Movement (PHM) Position Paper. / ·  http://www.phmovement.org/sites/www.phmovement.org/files/phm_ebola_23_09_2014final_0.pdf
33. / Policy Document / ·  The Ebola Response in West Africa / Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Working Papers. / ·  http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9903.pdf
34. / Policy Document / ·  Forecasting and Control Policy Assessment for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Epidemic in Sierra Leone Using Small-World Networked Model Simulations. / BMJ Open / ·  http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e008649.reviewer-comments.pdf
35. / Policy Document / ·  Livelihoods are threatened in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). / UNDP African Policy Note / ·  http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/crisis%20prevention/UNDP-RBA-PolicyNoteonEbola-Vol1No5_EN.pdf
36. / Policy Document / ·  ETHICS and EBOLA Public Health Planning and Response. / Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). / ·  http://bioethics.gov/sites/default/files/Ethics-and-Ebola_PCSBI_508.pdf
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Pillars:

  1. Case Management:
  2. Social Mobilisation
  3. Food Security
  4. WASH
  5. Education
  6. Psychosocial
  7. Safe and Dignified Burials:
  8. Ambulance Services
  9. Child Protection and Psychosocial
  10. Communications
  11. Logistics
  12. Surveillance

Compiled by OCHA as of March 2016 Annex 10