Table 3.
Tasks carried out while deployed, by country of deployment
| Tasks while deployed | Sierra Leone only n (%) | Liberia only n (%) | Guinea only n (%) | Other African country only n (%) | Deployed to two countries n (%) | Total N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveillance | 36 (17.3) | 17 (21.3) | 12 (23.1) | 7 (19.4) | 12 (18.8) | 84 (19.1) |
| Contact tracing | 28 (13.5) | 11 (13.8) | 7 (13.5) | 6 (16.7) | 11 (17.2) | 63 (14.3) |
| Cluster investigation | 29 (13.9) | 13 (16.3) | 8 (15.4) | 2 (5.6) | 10 (15.6) | 62 (14.1) |
| Cluster control | 21 (10.1) | 9 (11.3) | 4 (7.7) | 1 (2.8) | 8 (12.5) | 43 (9.8) |
| Vaccine or treatment related research | 5 (2.4) | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.6) | 7 (1.6) |
| Other research | 13 (6.3) | 2 (2.5) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (2.8) | 2 (3.1) | 19 (4.3) |
| Training | 35 (16.8) | 11 (13.8) | 9 (17.3) | 10 (27.8) | 8 (12.5) | 73 (16.6) |
| Mentoring | 22 (10.6) | 6 (7.5) | 4 (7.7) | 3 (8.3) | 8 (12.5) | 43 (9.8) |
| Evaluation | 10 (4.8) | 8 (10.0) | 5 (9.6) | 5 (13.9) | 3 (4.7) | 31 (7.1) |
| Other tasks not listed | 9 (4.3) | 2 (2.5) | 2 (3.8) | 1 (2.8) | 1 (1.6) | 15 (3.4) |