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Sierra Leone: Ebola Now Hits Nation Hardest
DW, 19 November 2014
The global Ebola infection tally has surpassed 15,000. Sierra Leone confirmed 533 new cases in the week to November 16, accounting for much of the increase. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Ebola Spreading Intensely in Sierra Leone As Toll Rises, Says WHO
Guardian, 20 November 2014
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,420 deaths out of 15,145 cases in eight countries, with transmission of the virus… Read more »
Ebola Now Hits Sierra Leone Hardest
Sierra Leone has confirmed hundreds of new cases in the week to November 16, accounting for much of the increase in infections.
Kailahun, Sierra Leone. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Treatment Centre. A nurse enters the high-risk area after getting dressed with protective clothing.
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Guinea: Bringing Ebola Tests Up to Speed
UNIRIN, 20 November 2014
Ebola in West Africa is believed to have erupted almost a year ago in southern Guinea, but was confirmed by the French Pasteur Institute only in March 2014, by which time it had… Read more »
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Africa: Ebola Response Must Include Socio-Economic Recovery, Says UNDP
UNDP, 19 November 2014
The Ebola virus disease that has caused a medical emergency in the three-most affected countries in West Africa is also affecting the means of making a living of millions of the… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Health Ministry Mourns Dr. Martin Salia
Sierra Leone Government, 18 November 2014
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is expressing condolences to the bereaved family and relatives of the Late Dr. Martin Salia, Medical Doctor and Surgeon Specialist attached to… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Local Chiefs Refuse to Be Blamed for Spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Interview
RFI, 18 November 2014
The head of traditional leaders in Sierra Leone has defended local chiefs who have come under fire for not doing enough to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. President… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: First Cuban Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone
DW, 19 November 2014
A Cuban doctor treating Ebola patients in West Africa is to be flown to Geneva after testing positive for the disease. The diagnosis comes after a seventh Sierra Leonean doctor… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Another Batch of 54 Survivors Discharged At Hastings Treatment Centre
Sierra Leone Government, 17 November 2014
Fifty-Four (54) Survivors of the Ebola virus disease have been discharged on Saturday November 15, 2014 from the Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre. Read more »
InFocus
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With poverty rife and just five percent of the population with piped water, "no wonder people quarantined in the morning are out buying food or collecting water in the afternoon", ... Read more »
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Sierre Leone and international partners have made "a lot of progress" assisting victims of Ebola, the World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said following a ... Read more »
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Around 150 British Army personnel, mostly medics from the Royal Army Medical Corps, are due to arrive in Freetown to join the fight against Ebola. Read more »
