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.
President Koroma expressed delight that the
IRC CEO was in the country on an assessment mission of the situation.
Government, the president said, was playing a key role in curbing the further
spread of the disease, although the structures were fragile.
He recalled that
after the war government started all over again saying; “We had just introduced
the Free Health Care amid daunting challenges”.
Hon. Miliband requested from President
Koroma a wish list for resource mobilization against Ebola, and praised him for
what he described as his astute leadership particularly in the ongoing battle
against the dreadful Ebola virus disease (EVD).
“Mr. President, your leadership at this time
has shaken the whole environment.” He noted that his organization has been
working in Sierra Leone for over fifteen years and has 200 staff working in
closed partnership with the team that wants to do a lot for Sierra Leone.
Meanwhile, as part of its emergency response
in the ongoing battle against EVD, the IRC is partnering with health officials
in Sierra Leone to stem the outbreak, while at the same time training rural
health care providers in lifesaving techniques for treating newborns and their
mothers.
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