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.

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.”  

“We Will Not Export Ebola” President Koroma assures

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 15th October received the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mr. Rajiv Shaw and Norwegian delegation at State House.

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE TO PLENARY OF THE 40 CHANCES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, A JOINT PROGRAM OF THE HOWARD G. BUFFET FOUNDATION, MINISTER TONY BLAIR’S AFRICAN GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE AND THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION. THE ROLE OF ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN SIERRA LEONE’S AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

EXCELLENCIES

I would have been here with you today in person, but I have stay put in my country to lead our fight against the deadly Ebola virus that is threatening the very survival of my nation.