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December 2014

Operation Western Area Surge is here as another strategy to assess the current status of the 25th May 2014 Ebola outbreak in the country and to control the current rate of the infection.  (Photo: Jonathan

New York, 18 December -- Private sector organizations have stepped up their support to UNDP’s Ebola response, donating equipment and delivering services that will both benefit communities immediately and serve them long after the epidemic

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on Wednesday presented prizes to school pupils who took part in the radio quiz competition organised by the Commission in commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption (IAC) Day. Welcoming the pupils

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2014—The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$30 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone in its efforts to respond to the unprecedented challenges posed by

A German nongovernmental organization Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (DWHH) has successfully continued to organise training on Ebola education in major Towns and Villages along the Coastal Communities in the Western Rural Area where the Ebola virus is

Sierra Leone’s health sector is faced with so many challenges including lack of essential medical equipment for doctors to conduct proper checks on patients, a situation largely responsible for premature deaths in the country. Dr. Desmond

Freetown, Dec. 15, 014 (MOHS) - Set 10 of Twenty-Two (22) Ebola Survivors have been discharged on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the Hastings Police Training School Ebola Treatment Centre.  (Photo: A cross section of

Freetown, Dec. 17, 014 (MOHS) - The Africa Union has aided Sierra Leone with 101 Ethiopian Medical personnel in the fight against Ebola. The medical team comprised Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Epidemiologists, Public Health Officers, and

The Magbente Ebola Treatment Unit which was officially opened by His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma in November 16, 2014 has discharged 29 Patients who survived the Ebola Virus Disease as its first

Addis Ababa 15 December, 2015 - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has called on the international community to consider debt cancellation for Ebola-affected countries as this would create

In the presence of the Board of Directors and the leadership team of FOCUS 1000 the CEO Mr Alhaji M.B. Jalloh handed over keys of 28 motor bikes to all 28 district coordinators of all

Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom was unable to control his emotion as he shed tears in front of a jam-packed school assembly while making an emotional speech at the Bishop Vesey’s Grammar

Freetown, 16 December 2014 - Today, His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, opened a new Ebola Community Care Centre (CCC) in Newton, Western Area, as part of a scale up of services in the

Gambia’s newly re-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs has hailed the cordial ties between his country and Sierra Leone, saying both countries have had strong bond and relations since the colonial era. (Photo: Gambia's Foreign Minister

The Ebola Virus Disease in three of four Mano River Union countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) has had a hostile upshot in a number of sectors as in their economies, mining, et el. The