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Table 2 Characteristics of participants and health facilities

From: Assessment of the integrated disease surveillance and response system implementation in health zones at risk for viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following a major Ebola outbreak, 2021

Characteristic

Number (%)

Questionnaire Respondents (n = 72)

 Provincial Office Level

1 (1%)

 Health Zone Office Level

5 (7%)

 Health Care Facility Level

66 (92%)

Qualifications of Questionnaire Respondents (n = 72)

 Medical Biologist

1 (1%)

 Medical Doctor

2 (3%)

 Nurse A1

29 (40%)

 Nurse A2

26 (36%)

 Nurse A3

4 (6%)

 Nurse L3

7 (10%)

 Public Health license

3 (4%)

Healthcare Facility Level (n = 66)

 Provincial Hospital

1 (2%)

 General Reference Hospital

5 (8%)

 Health Center

17 (36%)

 Health Post

10 (15%)

 Other

33 (50%)

Funding Source of Facility (n = 66)

 Private

32 (48%)

 Public

22 (33%)

 Religious

12 (18%)

Type of Medicine Practiced at Facility (n = 66)

 Modern

61 (92%)

 Traditional or Traditional/Modern

5 (8%)