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Heightened Surveillance: Liberia and Guinea Discharge Ebola Patients

Wed, 2016-05-04 10:46 — davidmc

Monrovia – Liberia’s and Guinea’s last known Ebola patients in a latest flare-up of the disease that hit both countries have now been discharged. All remaining contacts of confirmed cases that were placed under a 3-week period of medical monitoring have been cleared.

Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partners involved in the response held a ceremony at the Ebola treatment facility in Monrovia to celebrate the recovery and discharge of a 2-year-old boy, the final patient in the flare-up in Liberia. 

His 5-year-old brother recovered a week earlier. On 29 April, the country also began a 42-day period of increased surveillance – amounting to two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus.

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Ebola Carriers? Why The Virus Keeps Coming Back

Sat, 2016-04-30 21:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

            

Source: World Health Organization - Credit: Michaeleen Doucleff and Alyson Hurt/NPR

CLICK HERE - RESEARCH - Reduced evolutionary rate in reemerged Ebola virus transmission chains

The West African countries at the center of the epidemic have had flareups even after being declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization.

npr.org - by Michaeleen Doucleff - April 29, 2016

Just when health officials think the Ebola outbreak is over in West Africa, the virus pops up again seemingly out of the blue. It's happened at least five times so far.

Now scientists are starting to figure out why: The virus can lay dormant in a survivor for more than year and then re-emerge to infect others.

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Civil Society calls for more intervention in Health

Fri, 2016-04-29 10:56 — Mohamed S

The Coordinator, Health for all Coalition, Victor Lansana Koroma has called on Government and health partners to invest more resources in order to maintain progress in the fight against malaria.

 

 

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Mali Authorities Seek 2 Guineans Who Had Ebola Contact

Thu, 2016-04-14 16:14 — Mohamed S

Malian health authorities say they are searching for two women who left Guinea after having had contact with a recent Ebola case.

Dr. Keni Diarra, head doctor at the health center in Kenieba in the Kayes region, said Wednesday the two Guinean women came to Mali Sunday. He said they are suspected to be in Hamdallaye, a village in Kayes.

The World Health Organization says there have been eight cases of Ebola and seven deaths since late February in Guinea, flare-ups that came months after the nation was declared Ebola-free.

In Mali eight people were infected with Ebola and six of them died in 2014 before it was declared free from transmissions in January 2015.

More than 11,300 people, mostly in West Africa, have died from Ebola since December 2013.

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New Cabinet, Development Projects And Now Tourists Storm Sierra Leone

Thu, 2016-04-14 12:12 — Mohamed S

POSTED BY: PUBLISHER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KABS KANU APRIL 13, 2016

By KABS KANU

The Ebola scourge, which went a long way to throw a spanner into the works of the development drives of the President Ernest Koroma Government is gone and even if we have flare-ups now and again as is happening in Liberia and Guinea ,we have structures now in place to fight them.

PRESIDENT KOROMA SWEARS IN NEW MEMBERS OF THE CABINET


Thanks to the  outstanding leadership of President Koroma and his Ebola Response team and the much-appreciated intervention of the international community and international organizations like the UN, the WHO, the CDC, Red Cross etc. Sierra Leone effectively prevailed against the deadly, sneaky and killer scourge . What was expected to bring our nation down did not succeed.

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12 Saving Lives Initiatives…Doctors on free surgery in Koinadugu

Thu, 2016-04-14 11:36 — Mohamed S

Twelve (12) medical doctors from Saving Lives Initiatives in the United States of American  including two Sierra Leoneans, one Orthopedic and General surgeons 

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Choosing modern medicine over traditional healers in Ebola-affected Guinea

Mon, 2016-04-11 12:40 — davidmc

In many African societies, traditional healers are solicited for many reasons. They are called healers or witch doctors for their talents in hunting evil spells and for their mastery of medicinal plants. They are listened to and respected by communities who have full confidence and trust in their skills. It is how these men and women earn a living.

During the Ebola epidemic response, traditional healers were quickly identified as key actors to help raise awareness about the disease in communities, particularly in remote areas where they maintain close relationships with the people they serve.

Doumbouya Idrissa is a traditional healer and President of the Traditional Healers Network of the Lower Guinea region in Guinea. Known as Simbo, which means “strong man” in Sussu, one of the local languages, he played a key role in the mobilization of traditional healers and their commitment to help end the outbreak through the sharing of knowledge on symptoms and preventive measures.

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Government Takes Measures To Restrict Movements To And From Guinea

Mon, 2016-04-11 12:17 — Mohamed S

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT FOLLOWING A MEETING HELD AT STATE HOUSE BETWEEN HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, RELEVANT SECTORAL MINISTERS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM ON THE RESURGENCE OF THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN GUINEA, HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED THAT THE FOLLOWING MEASURES BE IMPLEMENTED IN OUR BORDER AREAS WITH GUINEA WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT:

(1) THAT MILITARY AID TO THE CIVIL POLICE (MAC-P) BE INVOKED IN OUR BORDER AREAS WITH GUINEA;

(2) THAT EBOLA PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING SCREENING AND SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES BE INSTITUTED IN ALL BORDER CROSSING POINTS WITH GUINEA;

(3) THAT THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM SHOULD UNDERTAKE A VISIT TO THE BORDER REGIONS WITH GUINEA, ESPECIALLY THE KAILAHUN AXIS, WITH A VIEW TO HEIGHTENING AWARENESS AND EBOLA PREVENTION CONTROL MEASURES AMONG THE PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS;

(4) THE PUBLIC IS ALSO ADVISED TO RESTRICT MOVEMENT TO AND FROM GUINEA. SICK PEOPLE AND CORPSES FROM GUINEA FOR BURIAL IN SIERRA LEONE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED DURING THIS TIME;

(5) MEANWHILE, GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION IN GUINEA CLOSELY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY ENCOURAGED TO COOPERATE WITH THE SECURITY AND HEALTH PERSONNEL TO KEEP EBOLA IN CHECK.

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STATE HOUSE 31ST MARCH, 2016

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Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh Launches National Open Data Portal

Mon, 2016-04-11 12:00 — Mohamed S

 

POSTED BY: PUBLISHER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KABS KANU MAY 18, 2015

 

By John Baimba Sesay -Freetown

Deputising His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh on Friday,15th May, launched the National Open Data Portal at the Credentials Hall,State House, Freetown.

Speaking,at the event,Vice President Foh said,the launch of the Open Data Portal today, was a milestone continuation of government’s zeal for openness and transparency.

“In our modern world, communications through electronic media is becoming a major way of ensuring transparency; more information could be transmitted via electronic means, and this Portal will utilize this new means of communication to reach out to many more people”,Vice President Foh said.

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Ambulance Driver Sentenced 12 Months To Male Correctional Centre

Mon, 2016-04-11 11:50 — Mohamed S

 

POSTED BY: PUBLISHER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KABS KANU APRIL 10, 2016

Port Loko, April 8, 016 (MOHS) – Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Masiaka Magistrate Court on Friday 8th April, 2016 sentenced Josie Lappia an ambulance driver attached to the Endemic Disease Unit of the Bo Government Hospital to 12 months imprisonment at the Male Correctional Centre or pay a fine of One Million Leones.

It could be recalled that Josie Lappia was caught on the 9th March 2016 with passengers and goods on board the vehicle at the Masiaka/Bo highway charged on one count for misusing government vehicle other than its intended purpose.

Defence Counsel for the accused, Lawyer Sidikie Tommy knowing the integrity of the offence and the mitigation pleaded for the accused and asked that the Magistrate temper justice with mercy as that was his first offence.

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