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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.
THIS HEIGHTENED SUPPORT INCLUDES THE DEPLOYMENT OF
TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AND THE PLANNED ESTABLISHMENT OF
WELL-EQUIPPED WITHHOLDING AND TREATMENT CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE RESOURCES
BEING PROVIDED AND THE INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, IT HAS
BECOME NECESSARY TO RECONFIGURE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE (EOC) INTO A
SEPARATE ENTITY THAT WILL HAVE A ROBUST COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURE TO
EFFECTIVELY ERADICATE EBOLA. IN THAT REGARD, THE EOC HAS BEEN RENAMED THE
NATIONAL EBOLA RESPONSE CENTRE (NERC) WHICH WILL BE LOCATED TOGETHER WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS MISSION FOR EBOLA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (UNMEER) AT THE PREMISES OF
THE FORMER SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE AT NEW ENGLAND IN FREETOWN. THE
GOVERNING BODY OF NERC WILL BE HEADED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT.
IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE
PRESIDENT TO APPOINT MAJOR (RTD) ALFRED PALO CONTEH AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF NERC ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FROM HIS CURRENT POSITION AS MINISTER OF DEFENCE.
WHILE HE IS ON SPECIAL DUTIES, HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT WILL PROVIDE GENERAL
OVERSIGHT OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WILL HAVE
FULL AUTHORITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL EBOLA RESPONSE PLAN
(NERP) AND ALL
PROGRAMMES PERTAINING THERETO AND HE
WILL TOGETHER WITH OTHER PLAYERS DEVELOP A SYNCHRONIZATION MATRIX THAT WILL
ENSURE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINED UTILIZATION OF THE MASSIVE SUPPORT COMING
INTO SIERRA LEONE FROM DIVERSE SOURCES FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST EBOLA. IT WILL ALSO BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO
REGULARLY BRIEF HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT ON THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN
FIGHTING THE DISEASE.
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STATE HOUSE
FREETOWN
17TH OCTOBER,
2014
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