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Sierra Leone: How App Originally Made to Fight Ebola Helps in Covid-19 Pandemic
Africa Renewal, 25 August 2020
Earlier version of locally developed app was used to help tackle the 2014 Ebola outbreak Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Deputy Health Minister Outlines Success Stories
Concord, 18 August 2020
The Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (1) has disclosed that frantic efforts have been made to address serious health challenges facing communities in Kailahun District,… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: To Tackle Fake Drug Peddling in Communities
Concord, 12 August 2020
... Health Ministry to Establish Pharmacies across Sierra Leone Read more »
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Sierra Leone: ACC Warns Heads of Health Centres in Karene Against Extortion
Concord, 17 August 2020
The North- West Regional Manager of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Mr. Al- Hassan Sesay has warned In-Charges of Community Health Centres across Karene District to desist… Read more »
New App Helps to Fight Covid-19 in Sierra Leone
Evelyn Lewis and his software company, SBTS Group, developed the Health Outbreak Manager (HOM) software which consists of an app and a comprehensive suite of tools that help collect and manage data for users and COVID-19 responders. The technology was developed between April and June 2020 and is an upgrade on the Ebola Operating System (EOS), an app developed in 2014 also by the same company and had been successfully deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak.
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Paediatrician Carola Buscemi with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sierra Leone has raised concerns about the COVID-19 response interfering with the treatment of measles ... Read more »
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President Julius Maada Bio has announced that he is going into self-quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19. ... Read more »
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The popular actor said that he was tested after being exposed to someone who was confirmed as a COVID-19 case. Elba says he feels fine and currently has no symptoms Read more »
