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This case study shows how a nursing educational institution helped in preparing medical personnel deployed to the site of Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy (KAFNA) developed a training curriculum to prepare medical teams who helped in caring for people in affected areas in Sierra Leone.
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Joe, S.Y. (2017). South Korea: The Role of Nurses in Ebola Preparedness. In: Bonito, S., Minami, H. (eds) The Role of Nurses in Disaster Management in Asia Pacific. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41309-9_10
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