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National Infection Prevention & Control Action Plan (2016-19)

This is a publication of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation

This Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Action Plan translates the visions of the IPC Policy, alongside the newly developed National Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control. It ushers in a sector wide approach to the delivery of safe Health Care to the people of Sierra Leone.

The development of a national IPC Action Plan 2016-2019 will enable the equipping of health facilities, open up conditions for the mobilization of resources required for the implementation of standard precautions and transmission-based precautions to prevent and/or to contain healthcare-associated infections.