Publications by authors named "Wendy Rhymer"
Countries' response to WHO's travel recommendations during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak.
Bull World Health Organ
January 2017
Objective: To determine how, during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in western Africa, States Parties to the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) followed the IHR's international travel recommendations.
Methods: In 2015, we used the Google search engine to investigate the 196 States Parties to the 2005 IHR. Information detailing Ebola-related travel regulations or restrictions of each State Party was sourced first from official government websites and then from travel and news websites.
Hospital preparedness for Ebola virus disease: a training course in the Philippines.
Western Pac Surveill Response J
January 2016
Objective: To develop, teach and evaluate a training workshop that could rapidly prepare large numbers of health professionals working in hospitals in the Philippines to detect and safely manage Ebola virus disease (EVD). The strategy was to train teams (each usually with five members) of key health professionals from public, private and local government hospitals across the Philippines who could then guide Ebola preparedness in their hospitals.
Methods: The workshop was developed collaboratively by the Philippine Department of Health and the country office of the World Health Organization.