Paynesville – The Ministries of Health and Agriculture, with support from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have begun the training of 200 surveillance officers to be deployed in Montserrado County. Of the total number, 150 people are being trained to serve as Community Health Assistants (CHAs), and 50 persons as Community Animal Health workers (CAHWs) in Montserrado County to support cross border surveillance, community surveillance, Case detection and reporting for COVID-19. Mr. Farngalo added that the training of the 200 is also part of the Government’s one health policy where the Ministries of Health and Agriculture conduct surveillance on diseases that are zoonotic- affecting both animals and humans. “After the training, those responsible for animal health can report on diseases such as coronavirus and human health can report diseases like cluster death of animals. Meanwhile, the remaining number of 1,800 health workers needed to complete the Ministry of Health’s targeted contact tracers is split between Last Mile Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), where Last Mile will train 1,500 health workers, with WHO providing training for 300.

Source: Front Page Africa May 01, 2020 09:11 UTC