Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 18, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  629

Sierra Leone diplomats call for collective action to eradicate sexual violence

 Sierra Leone's top UN diplomat and Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura, and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, Ambassador Ismael Koroma, have called for strong political will and collective action to end sexual violence in armed conflicts and post conflict environments in Africa and the world as a whole.

ACC INDICTS IMPERSONATOR AND EX-MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged to court one MOSES ALIE, a resident of Makeni, for Impersonating an Officer of the ACC and Attempting to Obtain an Advantage contrary to Sections 76 and  41(1) (a) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008.

The Fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone Do we have the needed competent Human Resource (HR) capacity?

By Mohamed C. Bah, former NDA Presidential aspirant, Atlanta, GA-USA.

My beautiful and beloved country of Sierra Leone is still not ready for the fight against the persistent virus that is rapidly killing our innocent citizens in their hundreds if not in their thousands.

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 (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 17, 2014

Chief of Staff Chairs Inter Agency Social Protection Forum

By State House Communications Unit

The Chief of Staff in the Office of the President Mr. Saidu Conton Sesay on Thursday 16^th October chaired the second national inter-agency social protection forum held at State House, Freetown.