NEW DELHI ¦ GENEVA ¦ 27 APRIL 2015 – WHO is surging additional medical supplies and health workers into the earthquake-affected region to help the Government of Nepal provide rapid medical assistance to the thousands who have been injured in… Read More ›
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Dispatches: Think Again, President Al-Bashir
So far, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has avoided arrest for alleged international crimes – including genocide – committed in Darfur. But his world has certainly gotten smaller. By Elise Keppler On Monday, al-Bashir planned to visit Indonesia to attend the… Read More ›
Ebola Outbreak Exposed Weakness In Health System
She said over the years, they have demonstrated trust and commitment in ensuring that Lassa fever and other hemorrhagic fevers are prevented and control, adding that the handing over of the rehabilitated Annex Ward is the continued commitment of Tulane’s project to the public health system of the country.
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.
Volunteer nurse suffering from spinal injury has died
21 year old volunteer Nurse at the Makeni Government Hospital, Isatu Bah, who was suffering from spinal injury died this morning 23rd March 2015. Family source said Bah was attending to patients at the Government hospital in Makeni on the… Read More ›
Al Gore at SXSW: We Need to ‘Punish Climate-Change Deniers’ and ‘Put a Price on Carbon’
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival is happening now in Austin, Texas. Running from March 9 to 22, it’s a massive film, interactive and music festival that is nearly 20 years old. The festival brings together designers, developers, investors, entrepreneurs and politicians… Read More ›
Human Rights Council commends HRCSL
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) was recognized and commended for the role it has played in the Ebola Virus Disease crisis in Sierra Leone at the opening ceremony of the 28th Annual Meeting of the International Coordinating… Read More ›
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