……for health and community workers in Bong and Lofa Counties – The fight against the Ebola Virus in Liberia continues to receive support from international partners including Actalliance Liberia Forum through Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) and Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS) national and non-governmental organizations operating in Liberia. The move comes in the wake of the Ministry of health stepping up surveillance after there were reported cases over a week ago in neighboring Country Sierra Leone and other new cases closed to Liberia borders in Guinea where the Ebola Virus first broke out in the sub-region. It is... Continue Reading
Harare, June 3, 2014: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) honored Zimbabwe public health expert Donewell Bangure with the International Night Honor – the 2014 William H. Foege Award for Most Outstanding Public Health Scientific Oral Presentation – during the Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference held in late April at the organization’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Bangure, who works as Assistant Field Coordinator at the University of Zimbabwe School Of Public Health, was rewarded for his presentation entitled, “Effectiveness of Short Message Reminders on Childhood Immunization Programme in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, 2013 – A Randomized Controlled Trial.” The study... Continue Reading
By Bassey Isaac – Ex-Agitators of the Niger Delta Amnesty program established by late president Yar’Adua are protesting non-payment of allowances since January of 2012. The Niger Delta Amnesty program was set up to curb militant unrest in Nigeria’s volatile oil-producing states. The ex-agitators laid down their weapons and under the program, were trained in vocational skills, mostly out of the nation’s shores and then placed on an allowance of N65,000 pending when they found useful employment. Ex-agitators who are yet to find employment in Nigeria’s harsh economy have however been protesting non-payment of allowances, some since January of 2012.... Continue Reading
The national conference has processed an extension. So far, many things have been deliberated during the ‘great conference,’ including state derivations, and of course the nature of Nigeria. Different participants selected by the Nigerian president who are meant to represent their constituencies have declared their positions on the various national issues. Of interest in this conversation is the desire for regionalism, region state-hood and true federalism. What have we heard thus far from the conference? I seek my readers’ indulgence if I missed some things, but the one thing I am yet to hear from the national conference is the... Continue Reading
…As Drainage Contaminates Underground Water – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The proper handling of garbage and the maintenance of drainages in Monrovia and surroundings have become an unabated scenario for the Liberian Government and its international partners involved in waste management in a country ravaged by nearly fifteen years of civil unrest. As one may term it, the disposal of garbage including drainages maintenance around Monrovia is an up and down issue described as perplexity. Some times in some weeks of the year, designated garbage sites are disposed and drainages are cleaned. But within few days, those garbage... Continue Reading
