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This group is focused on building content for the Sierra Leone Resilience system and Content Management within Sierra Leone

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Obilia Kamara Paulshido

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slrs_content_management@m.resiliencesystem.org

Months After 2014 Outbreak Ends, Ebola Flares Up in Guinea

At least five people have died since 29 February 2016 due to a new flare up of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea [1]. The first two confirmed cases of the virus were detected in the village of Korokpara and involved a mother and her five-year-old son. These are the first cases of Ebola in Guinea since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the country free of the disease in December 2015. This declaration came two years after an outbreak that began in 2013 killed approximately 2,500 people in Guinea and over 11,000 in West Africa [2]. The WHO had warned that Guinea, as well as the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, are at risk for ongoing smaller outbreaks due to persistence of the virus in some previously infected individuals [3]. Guinea’s 90-day heightened surveillance period was set to end in late March [4].

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Salone Establishes Small and Medium Enterprise Development Association

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.
Monday March 21, 2016

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Sierra Leone News: Over 1.4 million children to be vaccinated

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The 2016 GEF ECW

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

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

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

 

WHO statement 
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

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

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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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UN declares Ebola public health emergency over; urges 'high vigilance' against flare-ups

 

29 March 2016 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said West Africa's Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes an international public health threat, declaring that the 20-month global emergency response is over but stressing that a “high level of vigilance” must be maintained.

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