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Thu, 2016-03-10 16:32 — Mohamed S

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Salone Establishes Small and Medium Enterprise Development Association

Thu, 2016-03-31 10:22 — Mohamed S

President Koroma launched the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Association last Thursday at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown to promote SMEs development in the country.

In his address, President Koroma said the aim is to provide credit facilities to micro, small and medium enterprises at single digit interest rate and with no demand for collateral. High interest rates and demand for collateral have kept many small businesses run especially by women from accessing finance to grow their business, he said.

The UK Department For International Development (DFID) has provided a £5m budget to support 29,400 petty traders affected by Ebola through a micro credit scheme. The Ministry of Trade and Industry is compiling the list.
Micro credit has been a useful method to empower women economically after the 11-year war that ended in 2002. There are several examples that show how women have grown businesses from a few thousands to millions of Leones. It comes as no surprise for some that government and NGOs are using it as part of the post ebola strategy to develop SMEs.
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Sierra Leone News: Over 1.4 million children to be vaccinated

Wed, 2016-03-30 15:42 — Mohamed S

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The 2016 GEF ECW

Wed, 2016-03-30 14:08 — Mohamed S

The 2016 GEF ECW for the Coastal West Africa Constituency will take place in Freetown, Sierra Leone from 10 to 13 May 2016.

The ECWs bring together GEF focal points, national focal points from the main international environmental conventions (biodiversity, desertification, climate change, and persistent organic pollutants), representatives from the civil society, GEF Agencies, and the GEF Secretariat. These workshops are an opportunity for participants to meet with their counterparts from other regional countries and other GEF partners, to discuss and review policies and procedures, and to share lessons and experiences from development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks.

follow on: https://www.thegef.org/gef/ECW-Sierra-Leone-2016

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WHO Director-General briefs media

Wed, 2016-03-30 12:59 — Mohamed S

WHO Director-General briefs media on outcome of Ebola Emergency Committee

Remarks at a media briefing following the Ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee concerning Ebola. Geneva, Switzerland
29 March 2016

Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you for joining us.

The ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee on Ebola, convened today under the International Health Regulations, has advised me that the Ebola situation in West Africa no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Although the response to a cluster of new Ebola cases and deaths is being reported in Guinea, that flare-up currently involves a single chain of transmission. It is the Committee's view that the countries have the capacities and capabilities to manage such flares.

To date, nearly 1000 contacts related to this flare-up have been identified, of whom 142 are considered at high risk of exposure.

In making its assessment, the Committee reviewed data on this new cluster of cases together with responses to earlier Ebola flare-ups that occurred after the original chains of transmission were interrupted in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

The response to each and every one of these flares was immediate and very effectively contained.

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Statement on the 9th meeting of the IHR Emergency

Wed, 2016-03-30 12:30 — Mohamed S

Statement on the 9th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

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29 March 2016

The 9th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa took place by teleconference on Tuesday, 29 March 2016 from 12:30 until 15:15 hr.

The Committee was requested to provide the Director-General with views and perspectives as to whether the event continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and whether the current Temporary Recommendations should be extended, rescinded or revised.

Representatives of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone presented the epidemiological situation, ongoing work to prevent Ebola re-emergence, and capacity to detect and respond rapidly to any new clusters of cases in each country.

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Sierra Leone News: Salone rated 3rd most vulnerable country to climate change- Haddiatou Jallow

Wed, 2016-03-30 11:15 — Mohamed S

At a national dialogue on Global Environment Facility Financing Mechanism held at the Sierra Lighthouse hall, Aberdeen, Madam Haddiatu Jallow on Wednesday told participants that Sierra Leone is rated the three most vulnerable country to climate change and other environmental hazards.

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Transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease and intervention effectiveness in Sierra Leone

Wed, 2016-03-30 11:03 — Mohamed S

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Since the initial recognition of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in 1976, many epidemics have occurred in Africa. Serious concerns remain that the fatal disease may repeatedly reemerge. In this study, we used data from an unprecedented EVD outbreak in Sierra Leone to map spatiotemporal transmission patterns, identify influential factors, and assess the effects of interventions at the chiefdom level. Furthermore, we have quantified household transmissibility and the temporal association between interventions and household transmission. Our findings have deepened the understanding of the transmission dynamics of EVD and provided key information for future modeling efforts in forecasting future epidemics and establishing intervention strategies.

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WHO Urges Stronger Regulations on Vaccines in China

Tue, 2016-03-29 17:44 — Mohamed S

WHO Urges Stronger Regulations on Vaccines in China

BEIJING—

China needs to more closely regulate the market for private vaccines within its borders, the World Health Organization said Tuesday after authorities broke up a massive illegal drug ring earlier this month.

Police in China arrested more than 130 people allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade after the group dumped around $48 million worth of illegal vaccines onto the private Chinese drug market. Much of the medicine had expired before it was sold.

“This incident has highlighted the need for more, stricter enforcement of vaccine management regulations across the board,” WHO China representative Bernhard Schwartlander said in an email.

According to Chinese police, a woman and her daughter, who have since been arrested, led the drug ring and sold more than $100 million worth of illegal vaccines across the country since 2001.

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All told, 29 pharmaceutical companies are believed to have sold the illegitimate drugs to 16 institutions.

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“TB Causes more than 4,000 deaths daily” Says MOHS

Tue, 2016-03-29 15:14 — Mohamed S

By Lucia S.Kamara
Mar 24, 2016, 17:02

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Ministry of Health and Sanitation has on Wednesday 23rd March, 2016 commemorated World Tuberculosis day on the theme “Unite to End TB”.

The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Abubakar Fofanah said, TB is the world’s leading infectious killer, causing more than 4,000 deaths every day. He said the burden of the disease is serious enough to possess a significant threat to the social and economic development of any country, unless effective concerted measures are taken to combat the disease.

Dr. Fofanah said that, the bright side of all is that tuberculosis is both preventable and curable, adding that last year in Sierra Leone 12,103 cases of Tuberculosis were reported and put on treatment from 170 service delivery points with a cure rate of 88.1%.

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Global Measle Plan

Tue, 2016-03-29 11:24 — Mohamed S

Global Measles and Rubella Strategic Plan 2012-2020

This ten year global plan for measles and rubella outlines the strategy that needs to be fully implemented to achieve the measles and rubella goals endorsed by the World Health Assembly. The plan sets out the: vision, goals and targets for the 2011-2020 period, recommended strategies, guiding principles, priorities, costing of reaching the targets, and the challenges as well as ways to overcome them. The plan incorporates the lessons learnt from 10 years experience in measles and rubella accelerated control and elimination and is jointly developed by the Measles Initiative which is spearheaded by the American Red Cross, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United Nations Foundation, UNICEF and World Health Organization.