Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors are the number one Change Agents in the efforts of improving infection prevention and control in Nigerian health facilities. PALS recognizes that all IPC change efforts need both: the dedication of health care workers as well as the commitment and support of hospital management. Therefore, the PALS training program […]
Publication of the PALS Booklet for Hospital Management Read More »
Today we want to share with you some insights on our very own working with PALS in the NiCaDe IPC project team: Our core team consists of six people from different countries, disciplines, and settings. Similar like in the hospital setting, also in our project team, working with a diverse team provides opportunities to look
Healthcare workers and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practitioners nationwide yearn to improve IPC standards in their facilities to provide patients with safe and high-quality healthcare. The PALS IPC Change Agent training program is one way that NCDC supports health care workers in their efforts to improve IPC in the health facility. This training program aims
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The Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems (PALS) is a training approach for IPC improvement in Nigerian health facilities. The Trainer Handbook is the first in a series of training manuals which address the needs of different target groups in the complex ecosystem of the healthcare facility. PALS is a training approach that helps to
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With the aim to “Leverage Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Scale-Up Investments in Infection Prevention and Control Programmes at all Levels in Nigeria” NCDC’s IPC unit received a grant from the Global Fund COVID 19 Response Mechanism. Specific objectives of this project are to: The PALS training approach specifically addresses the challenge of closing
In December 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) hosted the inaugural conference of PALS in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. About 180 IPC practitioners from health facilities, university teaching hospitals, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations convened to deliberate on “Catalyzing the Power of People for Sustainable IPC
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The “Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems” has transformative potential to improve Infection Prevention and Control in Nigeria beyond the health facility setting. To leverage this potential, 12 PALS Trainers volunteered to become “PALS Multiplicators”. During their training, they will acquire competences to multiply PALS into other settings and for other topics. The training program
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