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Sierra Leone At Risk of Polio Importation

Programme Manager at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Dennis Marke, says Sierra Leone risk a polio importation, and that many children could be affected if nothing was done about the risk.

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Sierra Leone Imposes Ebola Curfew for Northern Districts

FREETOWN - Sierra Leone is introducing new curfews for two northern districts after a spike in new Ebola cases to the highest level in months, President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Friday. The 18-month-long

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Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West...

West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the virus is thought

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Guinea: Ebola Could Stay Longer in Guinea, S/Leone

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is still not over amid reports that the disease could still longer in Guinea and Sierra Leone than expected. Health officials continue to report cases in the two...

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ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit for point-of-care and laboratory-based testing...

At present, diagnosis of Ebola virus disease requires transport of venepuncture blood to field biocontainment laboratories for testing by real-time RT-PCR, resulting in delays that complicate patient care

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Sierra Leone Announces New Curfew to Halt Ebola

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma said Friday he was imposing a three-week daytime curfew in the last Ebola-hit areas in a bid to curb a resurgence of the deadly virus. Koroma announced on state

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Sierra Leone urged to get tough on tax to repair battered health system

Reducing tax breaks for mining companies and cracking down on tax evasion could generate revenues and save lives in wake of Ebola, says report Sierra Leone’s government should reduce tax breaks for

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Nigeria: Ebola Resurgence in Liberia "Puts Fear" in Nigeria

Nigeria began moves to douse panic and raise alert levels on Ebola virus disease, after a 17-year-old Liberian boy died from the virus just seven weeks after the country was declared free of the virus.

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UN chief to host global Ebola recover conference on Friday

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon is scheduled to host an International Ebola Recovery Conference at in New York on Friday in cooperation with the presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, who are

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Ebola-stricken nations need $700 million to rebuild healthcare

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million (£446.13 million) in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic,

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Sierra Leone: Makeni Hit By Flood

The home town of President Ernest Bai Koroma, Makeni, was hit by flood early Thursday, 16 July after a heavy downpour. The areas that were seriously affected include Magburaka Road, Azzolini Highway,

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Ebola cases hit year low but WHO warns of trouble; Sierra Leone braces for...

GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed the fewest weekly infections for over a year in the west African Ebola epidemic, but warned they were braced for a significant new outbreak in

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Sierra Leone: Sierre Leone Records Two New Cases of Ebola

Two new cases of Ebola have surfaced in Sierra Leone's Tonkolili district after a man died last week in the area where the deadly virus had not been seen for months, according to an official. The two

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Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West...

West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the virus is thought

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Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone

A novel Ebola virus (EBOV) first identified in March 2014 has infected more than 25,000 people in West Africa, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths. Preliminary analyses of genome sequences of 81 EBOV

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Rwanda: Ebola Could be Defeated by Close of Year- WHO

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be eliminated completely by the end of the year if efforts to root out new cases are kept up, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said Thursday. WHO director

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Cluster bombing

The outbreak of Ebola fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which has killed more than 11,000 people, has dropped out of the news as it has been brought under control. Although new cases are now...

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Sierra Leone: No New Ebola Cases Reported in Sierra Leone in Past Week for...

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of

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Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient

Sierra Leone has released its last known Ebola patient, according to the World Health Organization. 35-year-old Adama Sankoh was discharged from a treatment centre in the northern Bombali district on

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Ailments afflicting Ebola survivors called emergency within emergency

DAKAR – Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy

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