Kingsley Ighobor Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2015 The economic impact of the Ebola virus outbreak in the most affected countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is still unraveling, as figures are being collected. Yet, it is still unclear when the deadly virus will be contained. Even the most [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2015 Reacting to the announcement by the IMF that it will cancel almost $100 million of debt owed by Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, whilst lending $160 million in new loans, Tim Jones, Policy Officer at Jubilee Debt Campaign said: “The cancellation of debt payments [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2015 The IMF says that it will provide grants totalling $100 million to be used as debt relief to the three countries worst hit by the Ebola epidemic. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will use the funds to cover the cost of servicing their debts. [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 February 2015 Two years ago, Sierra Leone’s parliament enacted the Right to Access Information Law and in 2014 joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In its action plan submitted to the OGP, the government committed itself to launching an open data initiative. It [Read More]
Zainab Tunkara Clarkson Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 February 2015 It appears that we are eventually winning the war against the dreaded Ebola virus disease (EVD) as the number of casualties from the pandemic is finally on the decrease. (Photo: Zainab Tunkara Clarkson). And as West Africa starts to see the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 February 2015 Another British military health worker in Sierra Leone has today been flown out of the country, suspected of contracting the Ebola virus. This is the second case in three days. A British military nurse was also flown to London last Saturday, after report of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 February 2015 In this interview by Yemisi Akinbola for Africa Renewal, Julien Potet (Photo), the Policy Advisor on Neglected Tropical Diseases Vaccines with Medecins Sans Frontieres, talks about the challenges and advances made thus far in finding treatment for Ebola. Africa Renewal: What research had been done prior to 2014 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 February 2015 As efforts to find a cure for the Ebola virus gather momentum, Yemisi Akinbola for Africa Renewal caught up with Dr Bernadette Murgue (Photo), the Deputy Director of the French Institute of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. They discussed issues surrounding Ebola treatment. This is an excerpt from [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2015 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is planning to step up its support for building cross-border public health capacity and safe migration systems in West Africa to contain Ebola and other infectious diseases. The prevention of cross-border transmission has been identified as crucial in [Read More]
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