Pre and post test questions – Impact of training.

In resource-limited settings in Africa, which harbour the greatest burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) globally, poor care outcomes are driven in part, by a lack of trained healthcare providers (HCP) and an absence of context-specific treatment guidelines appropriate to the level of healthcare facility. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of a structured training program on HCP’s knowledge of SCD in Ghana. This was prospective cross-sectional study involving HCPs from 46 health facilities from 4 out of 16 regions in Ghana. A curriculum and standard slides were developed by SCD experts based on the Sickle Pan African Research Consortium (SPARCO)Standards of care for Sickle Cell Disease in sub-Saharan Africa clinical recommendations. A full-day workshop highlighting the general overview of SCD, diagnosis, health maintenance, acute and chronic complications was then organized. A pre-training test and a post-training test immediately after the workshop were administered and analyzed. A total of 543 HCPs were trained, mostly from primary level facilities (77.7%). The average number of years working with SCD patients was 5 years (Range: