National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE

 EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 22, 2014

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 Total Survived and Released Patients  =  710

National Ebola Response Center (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 21, 2014

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 ·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  656

PRESS RELEASE from the Office of the President

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT AS THE UNPRECEDENTED OUTBREAK OF THE DREADFUL EBOLA DISEASE CONTINUES TO CLAIM THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR FRIENDS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE SCALED UP THEIR SUPPORT TO SIERRA LEONE WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING THE EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.

Emergency Operations Center Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 14, 2014

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Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as Technical Assistance for the fight against the Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Sierra Leone.

Amb. Kargbo (r) signing Tech. Assistance Agreement for Salone

The Technical Assistance came a few weeks after an appeal was made by Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Alhaji M.S Kargbo on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone concerning the control of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) which continues to ravage the country.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 13, 2014

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·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  563

President Koroma Assures Emergency Hospital

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 13^th October assured the Emergency Hospital delegation of his continued commitment in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.

IRC Calls for Salone Wish List To Combat Ebola

By State House Communications Unit

As the fight against Ebola takes center stage in international media circles, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Rescue Committee, (IRC) Hon. David Wright Miliband on Thursday 9th October paid a courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, Freetown.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 9, 2014

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·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  543

Ebola and Our Caregivers

By Jaramenajara and Joseph Joskam

The ongoing Ebola outbreak has prompted many to ask serious questions about whom primarily the horrific disease would strike.

STATEMENT AT THE WORLD BANK ROUND TABLE ON EBOLA ON 9th OCTOBER, 2014

 By Dr Ernest Bai Koroma

President Ernest Bai Koroma

Since the first cases of the disease in Sierra Leone in May, over 2500 of our people have been infected, of which there are a little over 530 survivors.

President Koroma Welcomes Cuban Medics

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 8th October received the Cuban delegation of One Hundred and Sixty-Five medical (165) staff including doctors and nurses at State House.

PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 8, 2014

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·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  538

“All is not lost” President Koroma Buoys Health Workers

By State House Communications Unit

49) Ebola Survivors Cured by Sierra Leonean Medical staff

At a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation on Monday 6th October, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma officially presided over the discharge of forty-nine (49) Ebola survivors treated and cured by an all Sierra Leonean medical staff at the Hastings Treatment Centre.

Defeating Ebola from Lancaster House

 By Sorie Sudan Sesay, London

Defeating Ebola from Lancaster House

Sierra Leone just recorded the highest number of Ebola casualties in a day as the fight to contain and eradicate the deadly Ebola virus continues. Quite alarming and scary to say the least!

PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 7, 2014

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·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  533

Ebola Outbreak: Can our Support Make a Difference?

 By Jaramenajara and John Koroma

It is indeed true that the Ebola disease is new not only to Sierra Leone as a country but also the sub-region and handling it therefore need not only considerable time but effective collaborative efforts.

Sierra Leone hailed in the fight against Ebola

 By Jaramenajara and Thullah Wise

A French expert in tropical diseases, Michel Gonza, has stated in an exclusive interview with Radio France International that Sierra Leone is in the right direction in the fight against Ebola taking into consideration the level of social mobilization, sensitization and the public response associated with the “Ose to Ose Ebola Tok Campaign” organized some few weeks back.

PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---August 28, 2014

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Saudi Arabia to join in the fight against Ebola

By M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this week paid courtesy calls on two of Saudi Arabia’s influential men, particularly in the areas of youth, sports and humanitarian activities.