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Founder of the cancer advocacy organization: Rowaca Cancer Group
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Sierra Leone: Three-Day Ebola Lockdown ‘Successful’
Initial reports show that it went well, people complied, they stayed at home and we had three-man teams visiting the hotspot districts:
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Sierra Leone: Pregnant Girls Barred From School and a Right to Education
“In our own culture, in the secondary school, they don’t allow girls who are visibly pregnant to go and take exams. We have a belief that it will encourage other girls to do the same thing,” says Sylvester Meheux, the chairman of the Conference of Principals. “Others will copy that example, and we’ll have a lot of them [pregnant girls] in our school system,” he adds.
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MPs take aim at DfID as inaction on FGM in Sierra Leone heads list of ‘failures’
“Evidently, Sierra Leone and Liberia had ceased to be of interest in the first half of 2014, although the situation changed as the Ebola outbreak refocused international attention on the country. We initially received fewer than 10 written submissions; in other inquiries we received closer to 100,” the IDC said.
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One year on, MSF slams global response to Ebola
“All the elements that led to the outbreak`s resurgence in June were also present in March, but the analysis, recognition and willingness to assume responsibility to respond robustly were not,” the report said.
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2014 Ebola Outbreak May Have Laid Tracks for Deadly Measles Epidemic in Africa
“The focus on Ebola was clearly necessary to control the disease, and options were extremely limited, but it’s unfortunate that attention and resources were diverted from routine health services such as childhood vaccination,” Takahashi says.
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Sierra Leone Gets U.S.$102 Million in Extra IMF Financing, Debt Relief
press release The IMF Executive Board approved a loan and grant package for Sierra Leone that includes $102 million in extra financing to help the West African country counter a slump in economic activity engendered by the Ebola outbreak. The… Read More ›
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Sierra Leone students say ‘No’ to SLPP plans to plunge Sierra Leone into chaos
The union will not sacrifice its fundamental principles for whatsoever, and we will continue to protect our democracy and promote good governance at all times as enshrined in our NUSS constitution.
