West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI)

Dr Will-Sillah, Principal of the Institute of Advance Management and Technology (IAMTCH) on Saturday noted the steady increase in the number of both graduates and new intake during the 2016 convocation ceremony of the institute.
As academic breeds and prominent figures processed to the peaceful Abie Paula Amphitheatre, Dr Will Sillah commended the University administration for leading the way for technology advancement in the country which, according to her, has made the institute more competitive to other international institutions of learning.

The deadly virus is passed on through contact with body fluids and killed more than 11,000 in ravaged western Africa and the US in 2014 and 2015.

The epidemic has now been declared over but researchers have monitored 450 survivors of both sexes for a year, testing tears, saliva, faeces, vaginal fluids and semen every three months thereafter.

Pauline Cafferkey opens her bathroom cabinet and reaches for a tub of tablets.

“So this is where I keep medications,” she explains in a quiet, matter-of-fact voice, before taking me through the roster of drugs she takes daily, to keep epileptic seizures, spinal swelling, nerve pain and generalised body aches at bay.

As a way to boost the country’s economy and to rebrand the tourism industry, the Monuments and Relics Commission (MRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs has on Thursday revealed to journalists about the on-going project for the enclosure and renovations of some historical sites.

Highlighting some of the benefits in rebranding the tourism section, the Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs, Honourable Dixon Bella Fofanah noted the hard work of the commission in using the available fund appropriately adding that the desire to create the said revenue needs government’s full support.

published - By Sylvia VillaFriday May 13, 2016