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Doctors Abandon Isolation Centre At Connaught Hospital

Thu, 2016-03-10 12:33 — davidmc

Country Director of UK-based Kings Health Partners, an organisation that currently operates in Sierra Leone, Francis Kaikumba, has expressed disappointment over the abandonment of the refurbished former Ebola isolation centre, after his organisation spent close to a million pounds sterling to rehabilitate and transform the centre into a special emergency unit with 79 beds.

"With funds from the Department of International Development (DFID), we have rehabilitated the centre and the outpatient edifice with extra facilities that are first of its kind in Sierra Leone," he said, adding that a resuscitation machine and oxygen inhaler to help unconscious patients were made available in the hospital for the first time.

He pleaded with the public to be making the best out of the facility regardless of the paucity of doctors at the unit.

He disclosed that the number of patients that visit the unit was increasing by the day and that they intend to expand the project by rehabilitating the trauma ward for victims who involved in severe accidents and become traumatised.

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Relief for families impacted by Ebola flare-up

Thu, 2016-03-10 12:22 — davidmc

Sierra Leone is once again counting down the days until the latest flare-up of Ebola can be declared over. As part of the inter-agency response to the flare-up, dozens of people who were in contact with two individuals who had tested positive for Ebola were isolated and placed under medical observation. With the monitoring period now over, they are breathing a sigh of relief as their lives get back to normal.

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US supports malaria control in Sierra Leone

Wed, 2016-03-09 16:53 — davidmc

The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) has welcomed the announcement of support by the United States Government to include Sierra Leone in President Barack Hussein Obama’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). This was disclosed at the weekend in a joint press release by the Public Affairs Office of United States Mission Sierra Leone and the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. According to the release, “The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is hopeful that the additional funds for PMI requested by President Obama will be approved by the U.S. Congress, paving the way for Sierra Leone to join other countries supported by this initiative.” The inclusion of Sierra Leone in the PMI will be a realization of the request by President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma during a White House meeting in 2013 with President Barack Obama, the release states. -

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Zero Discrimination Day on HIV and other Diseases

Wed, 2016-03-09 10:28 — davidmc

Freetown, March 2nd 2016 Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) - Sierra Leone has joined the world over to observe Zero Discrimination Day on HIV and other diseases on the theme: “Stand out and encourages everyone to stand for fair and just societies”.

Addressing the Press on Tuesday March 1, 2016 at the Health Ministry’s conference hall in Freetown, the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Foday Sawi Lahai while speaking on the theme observed that discrimination remains widespread in gender, nationality, age, ethnic origin, religion or even HIV and Ebola.

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Sierra Leone to Establish Teaching Hospitals

Mon, 2016-03-07 18:59 — davidmc

1st March 2016: The Parliament of Sierra Leone has concluded the “First” and “Second” readings of “The Teaching Hospitals Complex Administration Act, 2016”.

The Act aims to provide for the establishment of the Teaching Hospitals Complex Administration responsible for the uniform administration of the Teaching Hospitals Complex as specified in the Bill’s schedule, with a Board which shall govern the administrative body and provide for the discipline of the trainees and staff of the Teaching Hospitals, and other related matters.

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Building A More Resilient West Africa - How Open Innovation Can Help

Sat, 2016-02-27 20:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Improving local health workers’ access to real-time health information will enable a faster and better response to global health threats. / Neil Brandvold, USAID

medium.com/usaid-2030 - by Ann Mei Chang - February 11, 2016

. . . The next generation of health information systems have to not only quickly and accurately deliver the necessary information to healthcare workers, but they need to be able to communicate with each other. The wide range of people involved in combating epidemics such as Ebola need to be able to efficiently and seamlessly share information to ensure coordinated responses and better resource distribution. . . .

. . . To get the conversation started, USAID put out a call for innovative concepts for improving interoperability within health information systems in the developing world. We gathered over 40 organizations for a three-day co-creation workshop in Washington, D.C. in November. Almost 100 experts — including donors, engineers, software developers and implementers in the field — arrived to co-design a solution. . . .

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CLICK HERE - Press Release - American Academy of Neurology (AAN) - Most Ebola Survivors Examined in Study Experienced Brain Symptoms Six Months After Infection

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Ebola Survivors Suffer Long-Term Consequences: Studies

Sat, 2016-02-27 00:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Most people who survive an Ebola infection will have long-lasting health problems, say doctors from the US National Institutes of Health.

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nbcnews.com - by Maggie Fox - February 24, 2016

From headaches and memory loss to vision problems and infected semen, Ebola survivors are suffering serious, long-term effects from their battles with the deadly virus, new studies show.

The most high-profile patient may be Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who is back in a London hospital for the second time after her recovery from infection. But thousands of people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are also suffering, researchers say.

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How Did Local Radio Stations Support Their Communities During the Ebola Crisis?

Wed, 2016-02-10 23:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Research Summary: How BBC Media Action helped tackle Ebola by supporting local radio stations in Sierra Leone.

Publication date: February 2016

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During the 2014/5 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone BBC Media Action supported staff at 42 local or community-based radio stations to improve communication about the disease. Case studies indicate these stations were able to provide actionable information and contributed to changing listeners’ attitudes as well as providing a platform for people to interact with those involved in the response.

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WHO Says on Watch for Spread of Zika Virus to Africa, Asia

Wed, 2016-02-03 15:45 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Reuters - by Stephanie Nebehay - February 2, 2016

GENEVA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Zika virus linked to a microcephaly outbreak in Latin America could spread to Africa and Asia, and the World Health Organization will set up monitoring sites in the poorest countries with the highest birth rates, it said on Tuesday.

. . . ”Most important, we need to set up surveillance sites in low- and middle- income countries so that we can detect any change in the reporting patterns of microcephaly at an early stage," said Dr. Anthony Costello, WHO director for maternal, child and adolescent health.

A WHO global response unit "using all the lessons we've learned from the Ebola crisis" has been set up, he said. Some 20 to 30 'sentinel sites' for surveillance could be established worldwide, mainly in poor countries lacking robust health systems.

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