Table 2 Components and activities of the ‘coup de poing’ strategy deployed in the Ouest department in Haiti, 2017
From: Impact of patron saint festivities on cholera in three communes in Haiti
Components | Activities |
|---|---|
Coordination | - 55 situation room meetings |
Epidemiologic surveillance | - Daily action-oriented epidemiologic analysis |
Investigation | - More than 7 multisectoral and multi-partnered investigations |
Care delivery | - 30 supervision visits of Diarrheal Treatment Centers - 10 follow-up visits - Training of 20 nurses, 7 nursing assistants and 10 hygienists - Installation and rehabilitation of equipment on 3 outbreak sites by partner NGOs - Supply of treatment centers with materials and establishment of a contingency stock - Transport of specimen to the National public health laboratory by partner NGOs |
Community response and water, sanitation and hygiene | - Deployment of 26 mobile teams - Distribution of 8929 sanitary kits - Distribution of 644,123 oral rehydration solutions - Operation of 14,058 water point decontaminations - Installation of 69 chlorination points - Installation of 17 hand washing points - Organization of 78 mass awareness sessions in marketplaces, churches and schools - Distribution of 10,744 flyers containing awareness messages |
Communication | - Training of 401 focal points in local town halls - Training of 108 marketplace directors, 155 grassroot organizations directors and 136 funeral directors - 43 street theater performances reaching 4200 individuals - 30 public transportation debates reaching 7350 individuals - Distribution of T-shirts and USB with awareness messages reaching 9600 individuals - 6 workshops targeting 210 religious leaders - Involvement of 85 churches reaching 17,000 individuals |