Saturday 18 October 2014

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 16th October chaired the second national inter-agency social protection forum held at State House, Freetown.

Ebola Hardest Hit Countries Urge World Bank to Expedite Emergency Fiscal Support Disbursements


Dr. Marah, Sierra Leone's Finance Minister, and Bank Governor, Mr. Kargbo  
The three Ebola hardest hit West African Countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea) have appreciated in unison the efforts of Dr. Jim Yong Kim President of the World Bank Group (WBG) and its leadership role in promoting the global co-ordination of the fight against the Ebola epidemic, and urged the World Bank Group to “take the necessary steps to ensure that scaled up emergency financial support, and technical and policy advice, are expeditiously disbursed.”  

Thursday 16 October 2014

“Isolation of Ebola Affected Countries Amount to Economic Embargo” Dr. Kaifala Marah: S/Leone’s Finance Min.



S/Leone's Minister of Finance Dr. Marah advocating for Sierra Leone

Dr. Kaifala Marah, Sierra Leone’s Finance and Economic Development Minister has appealed to members of the International Community including neighboring Countries of the Ebola affected Countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to exercise restraint and not to isolate the trio.