Other

The fall in price of iron ore and other minerals has had an adverse effect to the Sierra Leonean economy as reflected in the poor performance of the government sector.
Before the outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic Ebola disease in the country in May 2014, Sierra Leone was referred to as the one with the fastest growing economy by the government itself, official sources and other partners.
The 18 months standoff period of the Ebola era halted if not all, but most of the economic activities that were going on in the country and the problems within the mining sector left the country’s economy in bad shape.
But this does not mean there are no ways to rescue the situation. One major sector that can rescue the country’s economy, but also make it sustainable for a very long period is the ‘Tourism Sector’ which has the potential to transform the image of Sierra Leone, but only if much attention is given to this sector.
This country can learn from the success story of ‘Hainan province’ which was once an exile town but it has recently been transformed into a paradise for tourist’s attraction.

The Anti-Corruption Commission Sub-Regional Office in Kono District from the 22nd to the 24th March, 2016 monitored and provided oversight role in the World Food Programme (WFP) Cash Transfer to Eighty (80) Ebola Survivors in Kono District. The Cash was paid by SPLASH Money Transfer.

Ebola RNA was recovered from cleaned surfaces in a high isolation unit where a patient infected with the disease had been treated and discharged, researchers wrote in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. They said their findings underscore the importance of careful and extensive terminal disinfection.

“Currently, no studies have been published reporting [Ebola virus (EBOV)] transmission through the environment or through fomites, if not visibly contaminated with bodily fluids,” Vincenzo Puro, MD, of the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome, and colleagues wrote. “However, guidelines strongly support a high level of precautions in environmental cleaning.”