INTRODUCTION
After-action reviews ser ve as a leadership and knowledge-sharing tool, assembling the team most closely involved in an activity or project upon reaching a pivotal milestone. These sessions facilitate open and honest discussions about both successes and failures. The primary aim is to glean insights from the experience and apply them to improve subsequent phases of the project or related tasks. While after-action reviews and retrospects are conceptually connected, they differ in the level of detail and formality applied during their execution.
Lassa fever (LF) outbreaks in Nigeria occur yearly with growing incidence and increasing geographical spread. In high-burden states, the outbreak occurs all year round, with a seasonal surge in cases between December and April. The changing dynamics of the disease in recent years led the World Health Organization to designate it a priority disease for research and development of new therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines.
Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) was declared a centre of excellence for the management of LF in 2011 and since then, the hospital has been a referral centre for diagnostics, surveillance and treatment in the state and neighbouring states.