By Dennis Kabatto – Sierra Leonean President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma will skip the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week when it convened its Sixty-Ninth Session in New York. The president will again forgo a vital world summit due to the Ebola disease outbreak which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says Sierra Leone has a total of 1673 total case count, 1513 laboratory confirmed cases and 562 deaths as of September 18, 2014. In a statement issued via email by National Publicity & Outreach Coordinator in the Office of Government Spokesperson, Abdulai Bayraytay said it is improbable that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, September 20th 2014 |
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The British based International Charity, WaterAid has for the first time appointed a Liberian to head its Programme in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Chuchu Selma who served as Programme Manager for three and half years was appointed, replacing Appollos Nwafor who has taken up a new assignment in Darkar, Senegal. As the new Acting Team Leader, Mr. Selma disclosed that he will vigorously work with National Government and partners ensuring that the goals for water, sanitation and hygiene are met in Liberia. He said the aims and objectives of the British Based International Charity... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, August 17th 2014 |
By Dennis Kabatto – Even before President Ernest Koroma declared a public state of emergency in Sierra Leone and days before the international community issued an Ebola red alert, Sierra Leonean born Mustapha Wai and his colleagues were advocating for a medical state of emergency in Sierra Leone and offering best practices suggestions to combat the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic. Mr. Wai, a Certified Public Accountant and Management Consultant based in Washington, DC and his colleagues have organized a Sierra Leone Diaspora Prayer Teleconference Vigil to End Ebola on Saturday at 4 pm (Eastern Standard Time (EST). I caught... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, August 2nd 2014 |
By Tejan Mansaray – Whilst Ministry of Health and Sanitation is currently undertaking investigation into the burning of the medical stores at Sandaeyallu, Constituency 001 in Luawa Chiefdom, nine miles from Kailahun, where drugs meant for the suppression and containment of the deadly Ebola outbreak were stored, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday 25th June 2014, announced the reduction in Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone. A very positive news indeed that was welcomed by all well-meaning Sierra Leoneans and friends of Sierra Leone, but was however bitterly saddened by the arson on the drugs store by unknown persons. This... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, June 27th 2014 |
Conakry, 3 June 2014 – While the number of patients appeared to be in decline, new cases of Ebola have been reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The virus has already affected more than 300 people in West Africa. Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors without Borders (MSF) is continuing its work supporting health authorities in the two countries, treating patients and putting measures in place to contain the epidemic. Team dispatched urgently to Sierra Leone According to information from the Ministry of Health, there has been one confirmed case and four deaths in Koindu in Kailahun district of Sierra Leone near the Guinean border since the end of May. On 29 May, the authorities... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, June 5th 2014 |
