Sierra Leone: Deputy Health Minister addresses Journalists on the Ebola Outbreak
Source: Government of Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeoneFreetown, Aug. 24, 014 (MOHS) – Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has called on Media Practitioners to continue...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola a fait 120 morts parmi les personnels de Santé (OMS)
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone08/25/2014 21:23 GMTGENÈVE, 25 août 2014 (AFP) - L'épidémie d'Ebola a tué jusqu'à présent 120 membres des personnels de Santé,...
View ArticleLiberia: Debunking 5 Myths About Ebola in West Africa
Source: Catholic Relief ServicesCountry: Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra LeoneBy Michael StulmanCatholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding to the Ebola outbreak in West...
View ArticleWorld: Ebola Could Sink Africa’s Rising Dreams
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, WorldNEW YORK, Aug 25 2014 (IPS) - An airlift of emergency supplies needed for those treating Liberians with the virus Ebola...
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World: Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 20-26 August
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's...
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Sierra Leone: Ebola Virus Disease - Situation Report (Sit-Rep) – 25 August, 2014
Source: Government of Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeoneMain highlights - For the 24th August 2014, a total of 44 new samples were received and analysed by the Kailahun and Kenema Laboratory: Kailahun...
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Sierra Leone: United Nations Emergency Appeal to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone
Source: UN Country Team in Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeoneSierra Leone is currently facing a very serious outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). It is part of a regional contagion that has...
View ArticleSierra Leone: WHO working to ensure health workers are protected in Sierra...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Sierra LeoneThe World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily pulled back its health workers from the Kailahun post in Sierra Leone to the capital after the...
View ArticleCôte d'Ivoire: Building Public Trust is a Key Factor in Fighting West...
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneBy Marc-Andre BoisvertKANDOPLEU/ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Aug 26 2014 (IPS) - The nurse carefully packs the body...
View ArticleSierra Leone: President Koroma inspects Lakka, emergency and Connaught hospitals
Source: Government of Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeonePresident Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 25th August made a conducted tour of health facilities meant for the containment of the deadly Ebola virus...
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Sierra Leone: UNICEF-Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Disease Weekly Update (18-24...
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Sierra LeoneHighlightsSituation OverviewThe cumulative number of laboratory confirmed cases is 935 (160 new cases since last week). The number of confirmed deaths is...
View ArticleSierra Leone: How Midwives on Sierra Leone’s Almost Untouched Turtle Islands...
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Sierra LeoneMATTRU JONG, Sierra Leone, Aug 26 2014 (IPS) - Emmanuel is a male midwife.At the age of 26, he lives and works on one of eight islands off the southwest...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Social Anthropologist: 'Get Tough' Measures Won't Work for Ebola
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Liberia, Sierra LeoneAnne LookAugust 26, 2014 12:32 PMDAKAR— As countries affected by the Ebola outbreak announce tougher measures to check the spread of the disease -...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola-hit Liberia fires absentee ministers
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa08/27/2014 01:22 GMTby Zoom DossoMONROVIA, August 27,...
View ArticleLiberia: Flight restrictions hamper ability to battle Ebola, UN cautions
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone25 August 2014 – The United Nations today cautioned against flight restrictions into and out of...
View ArticleLiberia: Ebola : ministres punis au Liberia, économies ébranlées en Afrique...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone08/26/2014 23:24 GMTPar Zoom DOSSOMONROVIA, 26 août 2014 (AFP) - La...
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Sierra Leone: Ebola Virus Disease - Situation Report (Sit-Rep) – 26 August, 2014
Source: Government of Sierra LeoneCountry: Sierra LeoneMain highlightsFor the 25th August 2014, a total of 32 new samples were received and analysed by the CDC KenemaLaboratory: Kenema (9), Bombali...
View ArticleLiberia: Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneMONROVIA, Liberia – Ebola has devastated health systems in Liberia, where the outbreak appears to be intensifying. UNFPA is...
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Liberia: Liberia: Remote Monitoring Update August 2014
Source: Famine Early Warning System NetworkCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneAverage harvests expected to maintain Minimal acute food insecurityKEY MESSAGESMost poor households across the country...
View ArticleLiberia: Silver lining in Ebola gloom
Source: IRINCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneDAKAR, 27 August 2014 (IRIN) - Amid the horror of Ebola in West Africa, where more than 1,400 people have...
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