Civil Service, Sayaba, Others Boost Ebola Fight

 By State House Communications Unit

As public and private sector institutions continue to ramp up efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the country, President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 22^nd October expressed appreciation and commended the level of commitment shown by citizens and well wishers to aid the fight against Ebola.

National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE

 EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 22, 2014

 Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

 Total Survived and Released Patients  =  710

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

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

 ·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  656

Sierra Leone has never exported Ebola

Jaramenajara and John Koroma

Panic is escalating in the west as the first Ebola patient succumbed to the disease two weeks ago in Dallas, Texas.

National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 19, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  634

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.