Sierra Leone: Ebola - a Team That Keeps the Hope (and the Connectivity) Alive

press release

Maryna Taran — Six months after the United Nations Security Council declared Ebola a threat to international peace and security, the Emergency Telecommunications (ET) Cluster in Sierra Leone is providing internet connectivity for 65 medical institutions in the country. That number continues to grow every week.

The ET Cluster team, along with partners NetHope, Ericsson Response, Emergency.lu, SOS Children's villages and BT, work around the clock to make sure that they do everything in their power to provide the right connectivity tools to medical staff fighting on the front lines of Ebola.

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