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Sierra Leone: Country Braces for Cholera Season
UNIRIN, 12 June 2013
As the fleeting storms of May give way to the persistent downpours of June, the National Cholera Taskforce in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is working to prevent a repeat of last year's… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Using Technology to Save Lives
IFRC, 15 April 2013
The telecommunications industry and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have teamed up to use mobile phone technology to save lives in Sierra… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 40 Communities Declared 'Open Defecation Free'
Concord, 1 March 2013
Movement Opposed to Violence and Exclusion in Sierra Leone (Move - SL), with support from UNICEF, has declared 40 communities in the Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba Districtopen defecation… Read more »
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West Africa: Cholera - Lessons Learned
UNIRIN, 31 December 2012
The cholera epidemic that struck Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2012 is winding down. What to do now? Start preparing - for cholera. Read more »
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Africa: New Cholera Strain Poses Prevention Challenges
UNIRIN, 18 December 2012
The cholera that struck more than 7,000 people in Guinea this year was caused by a new generation of cholera strains - atypical variants of vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor,… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Cholera Kills 20 in Moyamba
Concord, 5 November 2012
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the District Health Management Team (DHMT) in Moyamba district has disclosed that about 20 people have died from the cholera outbreak in… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Red Cross Nar Salone Takes to the Airwaves
IFRC, 2 November 2012
The Sierra Leone Red Cross Society has launched a new weapon in the fight against cholera. The society has taken to the airwaves to provide people with information and advice on… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: UN Health Agency Scaling Up Response to Cholera Outbreak
UN News, 23 October 2012
Efforts to respond to the ongoing cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone are being ramped up as fatalities from the water and food-borne disease continue to increase, the United Nations… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: London Mining Donates $35,000 Cholera Drugs
Concord, 19 October 2012
London Mining company has donated drugs worth $35,000 to the District Health Management Team of Port Loko district in a move to combat the cholera outbreak in the district. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Cholera Ebbing in Sierra Leone
UNIRIN, 18 October 2012
Sierra Leone's worst cholera outbreak in 15 years has eased in the past two months and new infections each week have recently dipped to below 1,000. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 'No New Cholera Cases' - Abdulai Bayraytay Affirms
Concord, 11 October 2012
National outreach and publicity adviser in the office of the government spokesman last Thursday stated that as of October 1, 2012, there were no new cases of cholera reported. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: CAWeC Donates Disinfectants to Kambia Govt Hospital
Concord, 3 October 2012
In an effect to prevent the spread of cholera and promote environmental hygiene in the northern district town of Kambia, the Community Action for the Welfare of Children (CAWeC) -… Read more »