34 Military Hospital, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence and Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone.
Joint Hospital Group (North), Defence Medical Services, Middlesbrough, UK
BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Jul 19;170(e1):e70-e74. doi: 10.1136/military-2023-002665.
The 2014 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak prompted the deployment to Sierra Leone of non-governmental organisations and the UK Joint Inter-Agency Taskforce including personnel from the UK Defence Medical Services (DMS). Some of these military personnel partnered with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) as an example of Defence Healthcare Engagement (DHE).UK DMS mentors assisted RSLAF to plan and upscale Ebola treatment units. Use of military analysis and planning tools facilitated robust and flexible plans to be produced while under significant time and resource constraints. Macrosimulation exercises enabled large numbers to be trained and standard operating procedures to be developed.Fundamental to success was a mutual respect between the DHE partners while maintaining host nation primacy throughout. DHE in this example offered advantages over non-governmental organisations. Transferable lessons for future DHE from the RSLAF-UK DMS partnership are described in this paper.
2014 年西非埃博拉病毒病疫情促使非政府组织和包括英国国防医疗服务人员在内的联合英国机构间工作队部署到塞拉利昂。其中一些军事人员与塞拉利昂共和国武装部队（RSLAF）合作，作为国防医疗保健参与（DHE）的一个范例。英国国防医疗服务人员导师协助 RSLAF 规划和扩大埃博拉治疗单位。在时间和资源有限的情况下，使用军事分析和规划工具制定了强有力且灵活的计划。宏模拟演习使大量人员得以培训并制定了标准作业程序。成功的关键是国防医疗保健参与合作伙伴之间的相互尊重，同时始终坚持以所在国为主导。在这种情况下，国防医疗保健参与比非政府组织具有优势。本文介绍了从 RSLAF-英国国防医疗服务人员伙伴关系中吸取的未来国防医疗保健参与的可转移经验教训。
